There's a delicate balance between keeping authoritarian-esk institutional scientific momentum in check and borderline conspiracy level framing of things. You

There's a delicate balance between keeping authoritarian-esk institutional scientific momentum in check and borderline conspiracy level framing of things. You should remain skeptical, you should question results, and you should be capable of understanding the data and responses. You should understand uncertainty that's often unquantified yet still exists. You should apply critical thinking as well. You should also understand when you're way out of your domain and realm, potentially misunderstanding the situation or missing critical information in your analysis.