Well, you don't just trust the authority figures: you trust whole communities of authority figures, that consist of persons that differ in about every imaginabl

Well, you don't just trust the authority figures: you trust whole communities of authority figures, that consist of persons that differ in about every imaginable aspect. I do not believe something is right because a few authorities say so, but because their arguments are checked and criticised by a wide variety of scientists, including such varieties as Chinese Christian biochemists, Gay Ethiopian surgeons, White French scholars in Hindi and Argentinian female anthropologists. People of different backgrounds, with different values and ethics, that are yet all persuaded by sound evidence and reasoning. I cannot believe that is just coincidence. Edit: (And of course because the arguments seem plausible to me, with the limited understanding I have of the subject)