This is not least because the number of failed attempts one person could make is likely to be limited. Thus, cultural learning complements individual experience: knowledge is passed down from generation to generation. Today, in much of what we do, we are benefiting from a very long-established wealth of knowledge and experience.
3  Applying experience and taking evidence-based action  At first glance, learning and the use of experience in food preparation seem to have little to do with the pressing problems modern societies are dealing with. For many of the questions we currently face, we have no practical experience to fall back on.