I think most intelligent people, by now, have seen enough blatant bullshit being dispensed by “authorities” to know better than to blindly trust any source based on that source's claimed authority”. There comes a point where your eyes, ears, other senses and direct experiences clearly tell you one thing, when the “experts” are telling you something completely different. No matter how credible the “experts” may seem, if they're lying to you, then they're lying to you; and you're a fool if you believe them, when your direct experiences contradict what they are trying to tell you.