"you just need to put your faith in experts and do what you're told!"

no. that's called fascism...

in a democracy, we consult experts for their views but we ultimately analyze data independently and then make decisions together.

if you withhold information, or give me bad data, and then tell me to do things that don't make sense because you didn't give me information, then i'm going to ignore you and make the wrong choice based on the deficit of information - and i'll keep doing it, too.

the right answer is not to tell me to listen, it's to give me useful data.