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...is a foundational proposition or assumption that stands alone. We cannot deduce first principles from any other proposition or assumption.
Reasoning by first principles removes the impurity of assumptions and conventions. What remains is the essentials.
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Breaking down complicated problems into basic elements and then reassemble them from the ground up.
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It’s only when we step back, ask ourselves what...
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If we never learn to take something apart, test the assumptions, and reconstruct it, we end up trapped in what other people tell us.
We remain trapped in the way things have always been done. When the environment changes, we just continue as if things were the same.
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Is a basic, foundational, self-evident proposition or assumption that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption.
A first principle is a basic assumption that cannot be deduced any further.
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