text: One reason why its a good idea to ask several people for advice is because one persons opinion can be bias compared to several people who can give different and new opinions. When you ask someone if for advice for getting a dog someone could say it the best thing that ever happened to me. But if you ask a different person they could say my dog ruined my life. And if you had never asked another person you could have bought a dog without knowing the risks as opposed to just knowing some positives. This situation could be applied to most situations when asking for advice. And to get the least bias information you can ask as many people as you want. This is one reason why you should ask several people for advice.