What type of answer do you prefer when asking a question?

Question

Would you rather have an answer that is cut and pasted from a reliable source? An answer that is gained only from knowledge of books read? Or an answer that had taken the knowledge gained from various sources (schooling, reading, independant research) and ingested to come to an understanding that is broader?

Last of all, what about an answer that is given as opinion and backed up with reliable resources for your own further exploration?

Answer 1

An amalgamation of various sources of information and personal experience seems like it would produce a more complete answer, so that would be my preference. I also think an opinion (as described above) might fall under this category.

It depends on the sort of question in the end and what the "reliable source" is...

Answer 2

I would rather have an answer that is cut and pasted from a reliable source