How much correlation is there between claims that reading a book “makes you a better person” and reality?
Some really do achieve this effect! But at least for me it’s usually not the ones which are “supposed to”.
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How widely are you willing to interpret “makes you a better person”?
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Pretty good case for reading fiction from a few years ago
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I think this is a different study, same general topic —
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Hm. This is a pretty weak effect, but the study seems underpowered. I guess I wouldn’t expect reading a single chapter to produce a strong effect. How do such effects compound?