What is the difference between analogy and first-principles?
The difference between reasoning by first principles and reasoning by analogy is like the difference between being a chef and being a cook. If the cook lost the recipe, he’d be screwed. The chef, on the other hand, understands the flavor profiles and combinations at such a fundamental level that he doesn’t even use a recipe. He has real knowledge as opposed to know-how.
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I have always been against reasoning by analogy and this article explains very clearly why that way of reasoning is fundamentally broken.
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