Kid? Not sure what that means (I‘m 51), maybe slang, but anyway, it‘s certainly nice to see someone really listening attentively to what experts say even if the topic causes an emotional reflex of strong irritation.

This is something I have been observing particularly since Trump was elected and nationalist parties are on the rise in many countries:
While it is a good thing to be skeptical about everything and to think for oneself instead of being gullible, this is now stretched so far that laymen usually give a shit on anything studied experts are saying, and everyone thinks he is an expert on these subjects, whether it is climate change or rare variants of sexual development. Again, we know who the role model for such a stance is...