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First Principle Vs. Analog Thinking
- First principles thinking: actively questioning every assumption you think you know about a given problem or scenario and then creating new knowledge and solutions from scratch.
- Reasoning by analogy: building knowledge and solving problems based on prior assumptions, beliefs and widely held ‘best practices’ approved by majority of people.
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"Well, I do think there’s a good framework for thinking. It is physics. You know, the sort of first principles reasoning.
(...) What I mean by that is, boil things down to their fundamental truths and reason up from there, as opposed to reasoning by analogy.
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"It is important to view knowledge as sort of semantic tree.
Make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to.”
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Elon Musk's 3 Steps Principle Thinking
- Identify and define your current assumptions: When next you’re faced with a familiar problem or challenge, write down your current assumptions about them.
- Breakdown the problem into its fundamental principles: These fundamental principles are basic...
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First Principles Thinking In Action
Assumption: “I just can’t find enough time to workout and achieve my weight loss goals.”
First principles thinking:
- What do you really need to reach your weight loss goal? I need to exercise more, preferably 5 days a week for an hour ...
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“The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.”
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Elon Musks' "3-Step" First Principles Thinking: How to Think and Solve Difficult Problems Like a...
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For every question, there is an answer. For every problem, there is a solution. For everything else, there is an explanation.
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A first principle
...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.
First Principles Thinking
Is the act of deconstructing something to the fundamental parts that you know are true and building up from there.
Also called reasoning from first principles, it effectively helps many great thinkers to break down complicated problems and generate original solutions while tea...
First Principles Thinking
We normally use existing methodologies and analogies to solve problems, which is essentially short-cut thinking.
Engaging in 'First Principles Thinking' makes us discard existing knowledge, and get down to the essentials, exploring on our own and questioning everything. ...
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