I'm not familiar with the "think for yourself" crowd that you describe, but i'm definitely not calling for ignoring authorities/specialists. The thing i'm calli

I'm not familiar with the "think for yourself" crowd that you describe, but i'm definitely not calling for ignoring authorities/specialists. The thing i'm calling for is to map it out, identifying, contextualizing and comparing all the information flows. Scientific method cannot a priori exclude any source. Your allowed to be scientifically convinced of something only when you're confident that you know the full map of what other people think about it (eg understanding your peers ideas better than them).