"If you actually spent a lifetime reading those books I don't think you'd really get any closer to understanding the core of the human experience." True. But I

"If you actually spent a lifetime reading those books I don't think you'd really get any closer to understanding the core of the human experience." True. But I might understand Nature herself. I would like to have a solid grasp of the basics of Physics, Chemistry and Math before I get to 40. Human experience is better understood through literature and art. It's not "deep knowledge" because it's too personal (as opposed to universal), but that does not mean it does not lead to deep thinking.