Ask HN: Some people claim they can learn from failure, can anybody explain how?

Have you ever burnt your hand or had an electric shock? Did you do the exact same thing again?

"I guess we learned not to do it again."

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J6VjPM5CeWs

How Failure Taught Edison to Repeatedly Innovate https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanfurr/2011/06/09/how-failu...