If you can reliably emulate a wiser person, why not just be the wiser person?
Being wise is the goal, emulation is a method of approaching it.
I think you’re missing my point.
I’m saying it’s easier to be wise about someone else’s problems than your own. My “Big Brother” need not be wiser than me, just wiser than me about my problems.
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If you can reliably emulate a wiser person, why not just be the wiser person?
Being wise is the goal, emulation is a method of approaching it.
I think you’re missing my point.
I’m saying it’s easier to be wise about someone else’s problems than your own. My “Big Brother” need not be wiser than me, just wiser than me about my problems.