When someone talks about how "scientists fall for the same simplistic patterns of thinking that the men on the street fall for every day", while explaining how

When someone talks about how "scientists fall for the same simplistic patterns of thinking that the men on the street fall for every day", while explaining how "in fact reality is much more complex than that", does it feel like they're humbly trying to better understand the world? To me it sounds like someone who clearly has a deeper understanding of the topic than those scientists. And I love that.