You know the expressions
"a little knowledge is a dangerous thing"
"the more I learned, the more I realized I don't know"
?
That's a sign of progress in any complex topic area.
The key is humility in the early stages
"I know just enough to be dangerous"
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Science has only barely scratched the surface of, say understanding how allergies and the immune system works, what the appendix and tonsils are for
what electricity really **is** as opposed to how to use it.
Being dogmatic, acting with absolute certainty often is a sign of less knowledge rather than more.
The way the scientific method works, is never thinking you have all the answers, just that a given solution or explanation is **currently** the best fit for what we observe.
If a doctor says "here take these" or "do this" without laying out the options and leaving me to take responsibility for the final decision, I'm outta there.
The best thing I like to hear is an occasional "I don't know, I'll get back to you".
I'm not expressing science denial here, not advocating "well actually **I believe** X and Y" idiocy in the face of scientific near-consensus.
The less informed you are on a topic, the **more** you need to seek out and accept expert opinions,
despite uncertainty even disagreement among them, do the keep an open mind for new information, realize what is "true" can change without invalidating the learning process.
Does **not** mean you can just magically make up your own reality to suit the way you'd like it to be.
Sorry for the digression 8-D