/lit/ - Literature

Preferring non fiction is a hallmark of autism and is often used to diagnose adults who went untreated during childhood with Aspergers. Aspergers patients can mask most typical autistic behavior but they still dislike fiction.

>>12008373
I have not read fiction since I was a child.

I tried reading Pynchon because this board loves him, but I just spent the time thinking "I could be reading non-fiction that actually describes and deals with the world instead of fiction"

I know it can serve as a vehicle to tell an allegory about something real (if the author is any good which they aren't) but again, that brings us to question, why go through middleman.

>>12008418
>>12008402
CASE IN POINT

>>12008420
I just watch a kino if I need fiction dopamine plebbit boost.

>>12008402
source?

>>12008429

>>12008465
thanks

>>12008465
This is just delusional

>>12008418
I used to be this guy until I understood that philosophy is just distilled literature ripped out of its natural habitat. There is a reason that values were transmitted through stories and parables, not logical arguments.

>>12008418
So, what is it you read exactly?
Biographies and encyclopedia/documentaries?

I like fiction tho.

>>12008418
>but again, that brings us to question, why go through middleman.
To show, not tell.
Most things can only be taught and learned by being shown. You can only learn so much by being told it.

This is pretty obvious, you have a lot of learning ahead of you if you haven't grasped it.

>>12008373
There are a lot of pseuds in this board.

>>12008826
> you cant show unless it is fictive
ABSOLUTE state bof you.

>>12009055
Never said it's the only way to show, only why you can't generally go straight to the point and state it and need a "middleman".

>>12008373
Who doesn't like fiction?
That's an idiotic thing to say.