Whose answer do you trust most for questions about a particular topic?
A. An expert in that topic
B. An expert in a more general topic
C. An expert in a different topic
D. A random person

Participants in this experiment overwhelmingly preferred A.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255346

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