And even if we understand the numbers — something as apparently clear-cut as how many books an author sells — they aren't always helpful.
The old woman and the young boy form a lovely pair along the way and, by the end, we are rooting for them to stay together, even if we understand why they cannot.
If it does, then you can, on this occasion, recognize on reflection that your belief is justified even if we understand justification in terms of reliability.
Even if we understand good and bad here (as Socrates seems to intend) to be what is good for the subject and what is bad and harmful for the subject, the claim is still paradoxical.
Could there nevertheless be some truth to Rescher's claim even if we understand "luck" as "out of one's control?" Perhaps it does not make sense, for example, to say that a person is in control of who she is.
Immediate Weather Shapes Our Climate Ideas say US researchers, reports Alex Kirby at Climate News Network, even if we understand climate change.
Our familiarity with religiously-sanctioned violence makes it difficult to laugh, even if we understand that this scene may not be offered as serious, definitive theology.
It is even more effective if we understand why it works and do it well.
"Even if we can understand each other, it takes a lot of concentration, which takes up energy.
Even if we can understand it from a personal perspective, trying to justify lying about an essential part of an applicant's claim does a grave injustice to those immigrants who, at great personal risk and considerable courage, continue to tell the truth.
