fell down gets up

In western families when a baby fell down they need to get up on their own

In chinese families when a baby fell down their parents would help them to get up

The result is western babies learns to walk quicker then chinese babies

To some extent living things are learning by doing, we tends to question and disbelieve in what we are told and we tends to test or try things out ourselves and learn from our experience.

Having said that many things we just cannot try because they are addictive or life risking but many things are also worth trying, worth testing out and worth learning by doing.