Fiction Is Good For You!

The new research is out from some-where-or-other and it proves that fiction has positive benefits.

The thing about fiction as opposed to nonfiction is we allow it to transport us into another reality. While the same can be said for nonfiction, the experts claim we do hold up something of a shield towards it, and arrive at the first page somewhat judgemental. It is designed to persuade us through argument and evidence.

So it would suggest fiction does mold us. It casts a spell and has a more potent influence. We drop our guard. As a result it is more effective at changing beliefs than nonfiction.

Fiction enhances our ability to understand other people. It claims to promote a deep morality that cuts across religious and political creeds. More peculiarly, fiction’s happy endings seem to warp our sense of reality. We believe in lies, and sometimes that is badly needed.