Sounds like "appeal to authority" to me, but the way you stated it, it looks more like a straw man. The reason to trust scientists is their method, which gives

Sounds like "appeal to authority" to me, but the way you stated it, it looks more like a straw man. The reason to trust scientists is their method, which gives a good approximation to truth. If you are capable of evaluating their results yourself, then you don't need to trust them, but if you aren't, you have a good reason to trust them, even if technically committing the fallacy, because what else are you gonna do?