You should note that these cut both ways—given a field of research, they reduce (ceteris paribus) the trustworthiness of both layperson’s independent attempts to form an opinion about this field and the trustwortiness of the established experts in that field.
You should note that these cut both ways—given a field of research, they reduce (ceteris paribus) the trustworthiness of both layperson’s independent attempts to form an opinion about this field and the trustwortiness of the established experts in that field.