If he had sought advice, the flood would never have happened. Again, when characters ignore reasoning and advice, the result didn't end in total disaster for the character, but overall if they had used reasoning and advice things would have been much easier. The Epic of Gilgamesh clearly answers the question of whether a person should follow their intuition or logic and advice through stories of characters who act on intuition, then illustrating the consequences that follow. Taking the time to use reason and seek advice is critical to success in life, and the epic deeply explores this with the repetition of this underlying