Originally posted by tuco So what if a person needs a PhD in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, etc to read/interpret the source data? Clearly, we still have to rely on conclusions much of the time.
The only response to that is, science has been abridged and updated many times. You can trust whoever you want to draw conclusions for you, but with that you have to accept, they might be wrong.
The best answer to a question about truth is to quote evidence you thin is relevant, look at the evidence others think is relevant, and say you don't know for sure but the evidence suggests that --- fill in the blank.