Sadly, that's true. It's easier to just go along with what the majority say.

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Your argument really misses the mark.

“I have observed the behavior of humans (myself included) and am witness to our predilection toward the abdication of personal responsibility for our own lives in exchange for the comforts of authority.”

I, and all those I know and respect hold very much the opposite position and display no predilection to sacrifice personal responsibility for the delusion of authority. We follow testable facts. And yes, most of those I am referring to are scientists or well educated professionals who use the scientific method on a daily basis.

Perhaps the flat earthers and religious are prone to sacrifice reality for faith (belief without facts)
but among rational people (those who use facts (testable data points that can be demonstrated to be true)) to establish a scientific (based on testable facts) world view, I have not encountered such (sad) behavior.

“At which time I realized I was guilty of accepting much of science and many facts as truth though the mathematics used to conclude these facts were beyond my capacity to personally verify.”

Fine you are not bright enough understand facts. (things that are demonstrate to be true) This does not place facts (things that can be demonstrated to be true) on the same level of (for instance) faith (the foundation of all religions defined as belief without evidence)

Then you wonder into what I am assuming are vague tales of the supernatural (not of the natural (real) world) and you use “Authority of experts” to establish “reasonable possibility of being true” - - This is no where near the same level of “being true” as actual facts that can be demonstrated.

Your attempt to paint demonstrable facts on equal (truth) footing as things that can not be demonstrated is profoundly sad. . . . reminiscent of the trump era “alternative truth”.