As a professional, I always warned my patients to think for themselves and to allow their own gut instincts to either agree with the advice I was giving them, or to not. Even though a person may not know the language or process of science does not mean they do not have an understanding on some level of basic truth. My job was to help guide someone through the process and not to dictate. If the advice given does not have a ring of truth that a person knows in their gut, it may not be the right direction for them. It is not one size fits all. Too many people have been indoctrinated into allowing others to make the decisions for them by making them think they are less capable - especially when it comes to their own bodies. Many people exercise more independence buying a car or a pair of shoes than being a participant in their own health.

You are right in that the Almighty equipped us with common sense and gut instinct in order to keep us safe. When we allow outside forces to cause us to silence or question the safety mechanisms that the Creator placed within us, because we are under the illusion that others may know more than we, is it any wonder why we blindly fall into a ditch. The beauty is, that even when we fall into that ditch, if we are willing to repent for our stupidity, He will reach down and pull us out of that pit, or at the minimum, give us the means to crawl out of it.