Perhaps the most powerful position is being able to say, "I don't know." We are long past the time when one individual could conceivably grasp the entirety of human knowledge. Specialization means advanced fields are closed off to those who have nor dedicated their entire lives to understanding them.

Is Einstein's relativity theory an accurate description of physics? I don't know. I'll assume so, while acknowledging it could all be wrong. After all, the body of scientific knowledge is constantly being refined and revised in light if new information, and even if Einstein is right, that doesn't mean his model won't be superceded by something better one day.

Is COVID-19 even real? Is it a deadly plague or an overblown media-driven excuse for a political power grab? I don't know. I'll assume it exists while rejecting most of the fearmongering and acknowledge that I am not an epidemiologist or virologist.

The real danger lies with those who use their feeling of certainty regarding complex subjects to justify aggression.