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Just admit it right now, fiction is the most pleb thing that anyone can read. It does not increase ones knowledge, it does not increase ones wisdom, unless it happens to accidentally contain such things. The reason I say accident is because philosophy and non-fiction are for people who truly want to expand and change their perspective, while fiction is just for people who want to have "fun".

It's like playing a video game, or watching a movie. The only way to truly educate oneself in a positive, expansive way, is to read theory, philosophy, and informative books.

>> No.15580259

The only way to truly educate yourself is to have friends.
I know you'll disagree OP, but don't knock it til you try it.

>> No.15580265

Why do you assume we're all so much about education

this is a literature board

we read fiction

>> No.15580269

there is no meaningful distinction between fiction and non fiction

>> No.15580294

> he doesn’t think emotionally resonant art can be additive to a person
Pleb

>> No.15580295

you sound about as fun as a stale graham cracker

>> No.15580300

It just depends on one's priorities. If you have a hard on for learning technical stuff then yes fiction of every medium would certainly be a waste of your time.
But that'd also make your life dull wouldn't it? After all, one needs some form of entertainment to maintain their sanity.
Still to add some points to your argument against fiction, I'd say that endlessly reading fiction is pretty hedonistic and it will seldomly help someone improve.

>> No.15580325

>>15580249
"Dostoevsky gives me more than any scientist, more than Gauss."

And do you know which 'idiot' said that. Albert Weinstein the worlds brainiest physicscyst, so it looks like you've got egg on your face

>> No.15581419

bump

>> No.15581998

>>15580294
He does think, it's the "feel" part he's missing.

>> No.15583353

>>15580249
>he views reading as a videogame in which one's objective is to be constantly increasing their knowledge in the hopes of levelling up

>> No.15583488

>>15580249
Why do retards exist? Shouldn't natural selection eliminate creatures of that sort? Are we lied to by evolutionary bilogists?
Such are the mysteries of life

>> No.15583540

>>15580249
Reminder that people like this think reading Moby Dick is a waste of time.

>> No.15583543

OP is right you know.

Fiction, indeed is cope.

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15583682

>but non-fiction will increase my wisdom

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>>15583353
This is it, isn't it? This is the attitude beyond every single moron who says fiction is a waste of time. They view reading like leveling up. They think the accumulation of knowledge is like grinding for stats in an RPG, or something like that. It's a very bugman-type attitude towards reading and knowledge.