Some people are tangential learners, some prefer their facts in a linear fashion.

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But this approach is rooted in what we think of as predictive logic- planning in a linear fashion, and trying to account for all the possible contingencies.

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Geological faults do not necessarily produce earthquakes in a nice, linear fashion over time.

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In my version, Harvey was dying meaningfully, in linear fashion, within a scenario stage-managed and scripted by the people around him.

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