I think the whole of life is like this. Yes I could read the instruction manual or watch a video on youtube about a topic, but digging in and getting my hands dirty has always taught me so much more.
I think half the brilliant ideas in permaculture I had to discard within the first few years on the farm, and I would never had learned the "deeper truths" without doing it myself.
There is something deeper here too, most "permies" hire people to do the farm work. I wonder, do they ever learn anything?
!PAKX
!PIMP
!PIZZA