Belief and Doubt
To what extent should we trust knowledge by authorities?
That is actually a very hard question to answer. On one hand, they are higher up and possibly know more. But on the other hand, does their position make them seem right when most of the time they really aren't?
I think you can trust people in higher authority to a point. They were given that position for a reason (in most cases), so hopefully the knowledge they put on us is trustworthy. I would listen to what they are saying, but keep in mind that it could be false. Maybe using common sense would help differ truth to lies. If something doesn't sound right you could do a little digging. But like doctors and dentists, they went to school for the knowledge that they have, so I would say they are educated and probably know what they are doing. Maybe there is the question that what they have been taught is actually wrong. Or like the lady who talked about experts was saying.