The problem is simple: there are too many people out there with little to no critical thinking ability.
The solution is to teach people to choose what they believe based on evidence, not based on an authority. (In other words, to teach people to approach all things scientifically.) This is fundamentally at odds with the idea of 'having faith'.
Trying to get people to pay attention to 'experts' is pointless, because you're only getting them to put their faith elsewhere.
That's not to suggest that the opinion of an expert isn't valuable - it is. But you should always think critically about anything anybody says, expert or not, and evaluate the merits of their arguments based on the evidence available. "Believing in evolution" because x% of biology PhDs (or other "experts in the field") do is no better than believing in creationism because that's what it says in your religious text of choice.
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The solution is to teach people to choose what they believe based on evidence, not based on an authority. (In other words, to teach people to approach all things scientifically.) This is fundamentally at odds with the idea of 'having faith'.
Trying to get people to pay attention to 'experts' is pointless, because you're only getting them to put their faith elsewhere.
That's not to suggest that the opinion of an expert isn't valuable - it is. But you should always think critically about anything anybody says, expert or not, and evaluate the merits of their arguments based on the evidence available. "Believing in evolution" because x% of biology PhDs (or other "experts in the field") do is no better than believing in creationism because that's what it says in your religious text of choice.