I think we just disagree about the implications of "everyone disagrees with me". I may not be fully knowledgeable about many things, but in the few things that

I think we just disagree about the implications of "everyone disagrees with me". I may not be fully knowledgeable about many things, but in the few things that I do know a lot about, I know that many people have no idea what they're talking about; but this also means that even in the areas where I'm not necessarily 100% sure whether my opinion is right, I don't tend to just go with whatever everyone believes is true. That doesn't necessarily mean that I am correct, but it also doesn't mean that the other person is. I do tend to believe well-respected and well-published scientists unless I have very, very strong reasons to believe the contrary, but that's about it. edit: Furthermore, your statement assumes that it's always about a situation where you can be "right" or "wrong", but in many, especially ethical, questions, there is no "right" or "wrong", just different priorities and points of view. I think many people do recognise that "it can't be that wrong to disagree about this, whatever my personal opinion", but prefer not to object because why bother?