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19888549 No.19888549 [Reply] [Original]

Does only reading fiction make me less intelligent than people who read non-fiction?

>> No.19888555

>>19888549
Everything is fiction.

>> No.19888605

>>19888549
Everything is nonfiction

>> No.19888610

>>19888549
The fact that you feel the need to ask says more about your intelligence than what types of books you read

>> No.19888630

Yeah, sadly.
Even the most top level prose (Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Flaubert) is still midwit tier.
Start over with the Greeks.

>> No.19888640

>>19888630
>midwit tier.
But can you surpass it? I mean, if it's midwit tier, surely a high level genius such as yourself can destroy the foremost prose writers.

>> No.19888641

>>19888549
Some of the most uninquisitive morons I’ve ever met only read non-fiction. Some of the most vague normies I’ve ever met only read fiction. To be well-read you must read both, but even then the format matters less than the actual value and intelligence of the material.

>> No.19888689

>>19888549
No. Because 'non-fiction' generally means overserious bugmen reading self-help. Although you shouldn't waste your time in fantasy, if you can't appreciate fiction, that is literary fiction, then you are deficient.

>> No.19888690

>>19888549
yes. read fiction and non-fiction. it's enjoyable learning about the world. you do enjoy reading, right?

>> No.19888692

>>19888689
non-fiction means scientific and historic literature. you're just projecting your ignorance onto literature and it's only detrimental to yourself.

>> No.19888715

>>19888692
>non-fiction means scientific and historic literature
you're forgetting Rick and Morty and funkopops. Go back to r*ddit

>> No.19888736

>>19888715
>science bad because i'm conditioned by people i dislike
lol sad

>> No.19889909

>>19888555
>>19888605
Equally based

>> No.19889929

the best non-fiction authors (we call them philosophers) use fictional allegories to prove their point.

>> No.19889946

>>19888630
This. Fiction is ultimately entertainment and even Dosto was the Netflix of his day. Proof: a well written but dumb story can still pass as good fiction but an insightful but badly written not. The goal is entertainment and the content is accessory. The contrary is true with non fiction (see Kant, Hegel).

>> No.19890048

>>19888692
You're unseasoned in the realm of thoughts coherent

>> No.19890063

>>19890048
Midwit cope

>> No.19890069

>>19888605
Do elaborate please.

>> No.19890090

>>19890063
And you are a loosely cultivated philistine with no knowledge of what makes art