> Do you say similar stuff when someone talks about the motivations of a character in fiction? Depends, are we faced with the same problem where a disturbingly

> Do you say similar stuff when someone talks about the motivations of a character in fiction? Depends, are we faced with the same problem where a disturbingly-large portion of people don't know the character is fictional, and/or make decisions as if it were real? If that's still happening, then yes, keeping our unconscious assumptions in check is important.