You can learn a lot from fiction. Sometimes fiction simplifies a complex scenario to illustrate an important lesson. Fables or children's stories are examples.

You can learn a lot from fiction. Sometimes fiction simplifies a complex scenario to illustrate an important lesson. Fables or children's stories are examples. Sometimes fiction shows you a complex scenario from different perspectives so that you can consider it without living it. That seems to be Robin's take here. To the extent that the scenario is "realistic" it's useful to learn from.