On reason is because we have learned that even relatively weak tropical storms can produce extreme floods.

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But we are reluctant to give patients specific probabilities of side effects, because we have learned that such numbers confuse them.

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He said people who have lost a family member in a violent attack want advice from them because "we have learned from experience not from textbooks".

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We seem to have learned nothing from this experience--perhaps because we have been too busy demonizing the participants.

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Older people have a greater capacity for empathy because empathy is learned and refined as we age.

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