Principlev1PR-1263
Check domain boundaries when deferring to authority — verify
Check domain boundaries when deferring to authority — verify that the authority figure's expertise is relevant to the specific question being decided, as authority does not transfer across domains even when authority pressure does.
Why This Is a Principle
Direct application of Expertise as Domain-Specific Schema Organization (expertise is domain-specific) to the authority pressure problem (Most people do not experience themselves as the authority…). The principle addresses the common error of letting positional authority substitute for epistemic authority outside its valid domain.