It would be much better to say that the belief in the ignorance of experts is a prerequisite to science. Science itself is the process of proving a hypothesis t

It would be much better to say that the belief in the ignorance of experts is a prerequisite to science. Science itself is the process of proving a hypothesis to some degree of certainty. It is not mere skepticism. If you have no plan to put in the work necessary to prove your hypothesis, then statistically speaking, you generally are better off listening to the experts and textbooks. Science is the difference between healthy skepticism and mindless armchair contrarianism.