The Importance of Breaking With Authority Figures

Do you think it's very important for good rationalists to have that break with authority figures? "I stand by my younger self. I mean, it might be a bit of a vacuous truth, but I will stand with my younger self on this one" He says religion is a good warm up exercise for basically any rationalist or skeptic technique. And sorry, just a second of my headphones just told me battery low. If we cut out, then we'll just await your return call.