Reading About Other Characters

Stories give us a chance to experience the real world without the risks of the real world. They allow us to ask, what would i do in this situation? How would i react? What kind of a person would i be? Raymond figured that, if all of this was true, reading about other characters should make us more incitful people. But senior colleagues tell him that you're gong to find the exact opposite aint. It's people who read a lot that are going to be more socially awkward than to have more difficulty with understanding other people....