Human experience is anything but universal, or everyone's personalities would end up a lot more similar. Most of today's problems are rooted in people insisting

Human experience is anything but universal, or everyone's personalities would end up a lot more similar. Most of today's problems are rooted in people insisting that the human experience is universal. The human experience is very personal, and if you haven't experienced something, you can't truly understand it. Sure, you can study it from the outside, but if your studying causes you to invalidate the experience of others, then it is not a net gain.