If I had world enough & time I could be trawling through the WikiLeaks & the government COINS database and countless others. I could plough through all the International Panel on Climate Change reports to reach a well informed independent rounded view on the issue.
Then I can check all my personal accounts, make sure that I am getting the best returns, the lowest prices, that there are no signs of anyone making unauthorised withdrawals.
Or I can rely on other people to go through all this information & tell me what to think, believe or do about it all.
Though not people ingovernment, obviously.