I would submit that, as someone who started out in climate science before moving into economics, that I can at least fathom the amount of lunacy and horseshit doctors encounter. The time constraint is a completely different dynamic, though.

To some degree, this is just a general feature of specialization. You're almost always going to know way more about what you do than whoever you're doing it for does.

When I'm teaching and a student brings something up that I don't know how to answer, I look into it and come back to them with an explanation. It's a disservice to treat people as dismissively as doctors (and professors) often do.