Individuals have to trust scientific community. In principle, every individual could spend 10 years to learn the subject, then comb trough the evidence in one

Individuals have to trust scientific community. In principle, every individual could spend 10 years to learn the subject, then comb trough the evidence in one particular detail. That's not possible in reality. Even climate scientists have to trust other climate scientists in details they are not experts in. Climate chemist has not checked 3D computational model and vice versa. It is said that Thomas Young (1773 – 1829) was the last man who knew everything. He was a polymath who had studied most of human knowledge in detail.