Its the people who arent confident in their own ability to understand the world that cling to authority to confirm things for them. But its that untrust in your own mind that makes people like that so valuable for authorities who want to control them, and define what is truth and what isnt. The folks who tell you "dont bother looking into this, i have the answer, you can relax now"

breaking away from that requires you to be comfortable with not knowing, or being aware of unknowns, or even contradictions that make no sense.