Would you be willing to accept advice from someone who was not exactly like you?

Sometimes I wonder why people bother to even ask questions at all. The only person who is exactly like you is you.

Would you be willing to accept advice from somebody who is not exactly like you? What I mean is, would you be willing to accept advice from someone who is not a parent, or who is not married, or who doesn’t have pets, or someone who doesn’t own a home, or someone who is in a different profession, or who lives in a different country?

What if the person (who is not you) is a judge, or a police officer, or has 3 step-children, or 3 adopted children, or is a teacher, or a single mother, or a gay man or woman, or a single man or woman, or is a volunteer at an animal shelter, or a woman’s shelter, or a homeless shelter, or who lives in a different country, or whose first language is not English? Would that matter to you? If so, why or why not?