Classic confusion "correlation = causation". If interesting/knowledgeable people read more books does not mean that reading more books will make you more intere

Classic confusion "correlation = causation". If interesting/knowledgeable people read more books does not mean that reading more books will make you more interesting/knowledgeable. It's usually the fact that for those people other intrinsic interests move them to read more books. So reading more books is a "symptom".