I value research of people that spent their lives on it more than my personal illusions. Reading someone's research has way less opportunities for lying to you

I value research of people that spent their lives on it more than my personal illusions. Reading someone's research has way less opportunities for lying to yourself than trying to form an opinion on this subject from your own experiences only. Sure, my perceptions of reading someone's research are burdened with errors just like everything else I perceive in life. But since the knowledge is distilled and condensed then there's less opportunities to mess it up, compared to the alternative of "doing my own research". I don't see how that's controversial for you. That's how science works. You read what other people wrote first. Then you try to make some contribution if you are so inclined.