" Richard Feynman said: "Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." Meaning for example that if Einstein had just trusted Newton he would never have heard of general relativity.

I don't know a scientist who says: "Oh, so-and-so is such an eminent scientist, I'm just going to believe whatever they say. "

― , Into the Impossible: Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner: Lessons from Laureates to Stoke Curiosity, Spur Collaboration, and Ignite I