Comment by omginternets

9 years ago

So koans, proverbs and parables are not insightful by nature. Fiction is insight-free entertainment.

Got it.

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Dylan16807  9 years ago

You have to be deliberately misreading me to get that interpretation. I said fiction could be fine.

Stories can be insightful or not-insightful based on what they teach.

Some kinds of thought patterns are useful to consider even if there is no basis in reality. Some aren't.

This story is in the latter group. If insane problems never happened, then this story would not be insightful.