'Experience is a very good school but the fees are too high'
Statisticians constantly remind us that samples of one are, for the purposes of evidence, valueless. Everyone knows that a single person tortured in some foul cellar is an abomination and a mark of guilt which should be felt by all humanity which means that cruelty may exist as statistical facts but also has an existence within the soul of God.
In spite of this everyone needs to show respect to the facts of statistics and to avoid giving their personal experiences a value that they do not possess. Human success frequently comes from ignoring personal experiences, accepting that they were 'one off' events and basing their activities and lives on longer term values from the wisdom of others. Books, [including novels] and learning from the experiences from others together with the broad fields of science, arts and philosophy will provide a better basis for a healthy life than introspectin gained from personal experiences.
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