So, do you believe that the consensus is that homeopathy is effective beyond placebo?
We're not talking about what I believe, or even about homeopathy. We're talking about your statement:
It is the rational thing for non-domain experts to be informed by the consensus of domain-experts
Which is obviously ridiculous.
I used the homeopathy example as I already knew that the "domain experts", as you call them, would disagree with what you were told by a second-rate magician. What I didn't count on was your resolve -- I had no idea you, in face of all the evidence, still think you were spot-on in the finger-print scanner thread. Well, what hope do I have to show you something, even as simple as this, that contradicts one of your unshakable beliefs!
I figured you'd at least retract this one ... :
The domain-experts on homeopathy are the scientists that have peer-reviewd papers in scientific journals on the topic of homeopathy.
... since you seem to completely disagree! But not you. You stick to it -- no matter what. Oddly enough, it's the statement which best helps make my point.
Now, I'm not so foolish as to think there was a way to "win" here or even enlighten you. But for a few minutes a day, it was a fun game. I know it's cruel, but I get a little bit of joy out of picking on autodidacts. It can be difficult, as many of them don't have the background necessary to even begin to understand why they're wrong, so they play fun rhetorical games. One fellow got really worked up because I refused to tell him what I believed. Imagine that! As if my personal beliefs mattered!
Why tell you that? Because you're starting to focus on what (you think I) I believe, rather than the issue at hand.