'''First-principles thinking''' (also called reasoning from first principles) involves breaking a problem down to its most fundamental, undeniable [[truth]]s — the basic building blocks that are provably true — and then reasoning up from there to create new solutions. Instead of reasoning by [[analogy]] ("this is like that, so do what was done before"), you question assumptions and rebuild from scratch.
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'''First principles thinking''' (also called reasoning from first principles) involves breaking a problem down to its most fundamental, undeniable [[truth]]s — the basic building blocks that are provably true — and then reasoning up from there to create new solutions. Instead of reasoning by [[analogy]] ("this is like that, so do what was done before"), you question assumptions and rebuild from scratch.
First order thinking was popularized by [[Elon Musk]].
First order thinking was popularized by [[Elon Musk]].