Good point. Lies are basically just fiction that someone has presented as reality. Perfect example for why fiction can be just as influential.
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And by writing a story, you share that life experience. VNs tell the stories of people, of lives and life situations. How do people think, what do they feel and how do they react in a given situation. A textbook will teach you 1 + 1 = 2, but the knowledge you get from a story isn’t as plainly visible. Only by understanding the situations and the characters will you be able draw conclusions and learn something from the story. And you know what the fun part is? Different people might draw different conclusions. Readers might conclude something different from what the author wanted to say. Authors might have subconsciously included something they didn’t even intend to include, but it ended up there because it’s also part of their life experience, which they used to create the story.
[/quote]So fiction has real and practical knowledge and lessons because it it stems from the author’s real and practical feelings and experiences? Interesting. That would also explain why different people (author included) have different conclusions and feelings about the same work of fiction: because as much as we like to say that facts are facts and the world only exists in one way, everyone experiences reality differently as well.
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We’re not all physicians.
[/quote]I know you meant physicists, but still, lol.