The value of another person's opinion lies not in the opinion itself, but rather in their qualifications as a speaker of relative truths. Facts, though, or objective truths, work just the opposite; their speaker is wholly irrelevant to their value, which is rather a matter of their consistency with the most other facts.
Unfortunately, the factuality of facts is a matter of opinion, so we still mostly get them in that form along with all the *actual* opinions. Whatever the merits of taking things on faith, there's no denying that it's something we're asked to do for most of our lives; facts about our world are rarely delivered with their bona fides of background & context. This is because the world is run by the best speakers, who have no reason to lend credit to a process that can undermine them; the most well-intentioned politician must be careful of which facts they mention and when, lest they provide an argument against their own position. This is what it means to be a politician, and why one must be a politician to be a leader in our society.
The truth is, objective facts just aren't relevant to the majority of human endeavour. Every single person who is engaged in studying nature, or suffering it's ill effects, stands among a thousand engaged in managing their families & arguing with their neighbours. We're more a social species than a curious one, so it isn't surprising that our shared values favour prioritising social & economic concerns over concerns about reality.
I'm not entirely sure this is something we, as a species, can get away from.
