[npezolano]

I find you learn the most from mistakes, either your own or from others.

[Alupis]

> either your own or from others.

If people honestly learned from the mistakes of others - I assert there'd be an awful lot fewer mistakes.

[anexprogrammer]

and parenting would be so much easier.

It's painful knowing they won't learn something until they do the same stupid thing themselves.

[rhizome]

There's a huge perverse incentive lurking in there.