I have a strong desire to comprehend stuff
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Do you agree that acquiring knowledge by reading non fiction is ten times as efficient as from reading fiction?[/b]
Depends on what you want to learn about....Much "classic" fiction, and some more mundane fiction gives considerable insights into the problems humans all face, and into how we react to them, or deal with conflict or challenge. Learning this can be useful both in understanding what is going on in the world, and in actually living life. Many of us who are "geeks" (I'm using that word to mean a lover of knowledge, and I don't consider it an insult) have trouble relating to other people or understanding their motivations, so these insights can be especially valuable to us.
My two cents, anyway. Most of my reading is nonfiction, but I also read a regrettable amount of things like detective stories, which are entertaining, but don't make me grow much as a person in either of the ways nonfiction or classic fiction do.
