> Believing my "research" is better than my specialist's education is a path back to the dark ages.

Doing your research should not be in competition with your specialist's education. It should be complementary as yet another source of information.

I'm not saying experts are wrong but I also don't think they are particularly always right. They are human and they have strong groupthink. They will agree and disagree with some takes based on their personal or political beliefs.