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s friendly advice good or bad? There is an adage that advice is like mushrooms: the wrong kind can prove fatal. Another says that the best things in life are free – also the worst advice. The Random House Dictionary defines advice as a recommendation regarding a course of action. Therefore, advice should be helpful. But is it?

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