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In this case, how do you know what is fiction (and therefore you shouldn't read it) and what is not (and therefore you should read it) ?
Can you elaborate ? I'm curious about the topic because I've heard this statement from several of my friends, but I can't quite wrap my head around it.
In the interests of full disclosure, I personally do read fiction: primarily because I find it enjoyable, but also because it sometimes enables me to communicate (and receive) ideas much more effectively than nonfiction (f.ex., HPMoR).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interference_theory
New memories can interfere with the recall of old ones if they are similar.
That doesn't necessarily mean fiction is likely to cause problems.
I guess it depends, in part, on how similar the knowledge you deem important is similar to works of fiction. To use a trivial example, I doubt that any work of fiction would cause me to forget what 2 + 2 is equal to.