There are several benefits to reading: broadening your knowledge,
improving cognitive function, promoting empathy, improving your
vocabulary, reducing stress, and more.
Very scientific, yes.
But, I just like to think if it as traveling to impossible lands,
meeting the most interesting characters, falling in love (or in hate)
with them, going on the adventure of a lifetime over and over again, and
living a thousand lives - all without leaving the comfort of your own
home.