Why do we have to believe?

Question

Why are we learning and reading about discoveries from anothers persons view instead of having to learn it hands on from our personal view? Ex: you read about how molecules react from a scientists point of view, and you never get the chance to see it yourself so you end up being forced to beleive him/her by applying it on an exam. So why can't we discover things ourselves, thus we can see things from our unique personal view and discover something better?

Answer 1

It's not about believe, but to accept the current status of scientific

discoveries and conclusions. Some conclusions may found inaccurate in the future. Some things you may be discover yourself but

to have them generally accepted as fact takes a lot of  time.

Answer 2

Nothing stops us from looking at things our own way and discover new things.

Answer 3

What you learn one class may have taken some scientists a lifetime to discover and refine.  How many lifetimes do you have?

Answer 4

because you would never have time to discover all of these things yourself.  Plus most people wouldn't have the brains either.