Information exchange ("talking to them") is vital, but directly performing the role simply isn't necessary (however valuable it might be to try it sometime). If

Information exchange ("talking to them") is vital, but directly performing the role simply isn't necessary (however valuable it might be to try it sometime). If it were necessary to directly do a thing in order to gain the perspective, we wouldn't have fiction or pretty much anything else. Brains that cannot perform this function will not successfully perform Success or Support roles, underscoring the point. :)