Educate us on what???

That what they knew, preached and practiced helped screw stuff up real good? The proof is in the pudding..

Like I said riding a sinking ship just because that's what everybody else is doing is not a good enough reason.

People want to trust in them and continue to have faith in failed policies because it's easier to hand that responsibility off to someone else. Just because an individual is trained in the most widely accepted theories, practices and science has zero relation to it actually being correct and a good idea.