I also don't see why scientists should be more trustworthy than business people.
In theory, one seeks knowledge, the other money.
In practice, people are people and there are probably variance in both camps, but it's easy to see why one would by default trust a business person less
> In theory, one seeks knowledge, the other money.
There's nothing wrong with either in my books, especially if you seek money by serving your fellow humans.
I also don't see why doctors should be more trustworthy than used car sales people.
The opiod epidemic should have taught people that indeed doctors shouldn't be trusted more than any other profession.
your trust scale needs more dynamic range- the sackler fiasco genuinely should have bumped everyone’s trust in doctors a lot, but probably should not have bumped them below supplement peddling minecraft youtubers.