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Bear with me; this is a several part question.

-Is it morally wrong to give advice about a situation you've never been in? For example, give sex advice if you've never had sex?

-Is it morally wrong to give advice you don't follow, even if the advice is sound? For example, an eating disordered person giving nutrition advice, or a couch potato giving exercise tips? What if this information is provided to correct erroneous information offered by another source?

This is assuming that the advice you give is valid, despite it being contradictory to your actions. I'm interested in seeing what people think. (link)
I think Advicenators is geared more toward SYMpathy than it is EMPathy. As long as you consider yourself a genuinely knowledgeable person on the subject, then you can give advice. That's my view of it.


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Hmm, true. Although when genuine questions are asked about weight loss, health, etc., they're not really about sympathy or empathy at all. That's more what I was asking about. Still, good points.




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