← Back to context Comment by procinct 1 day ago Thinking from first principles would likely start with “Do we need X?” 2 comments procinct Reply itishappy 1 day ago Fair point, I'm skipping over the need itself. The titular first principle.First principles: "We need X, how can we accomplish that?"Higher order: "We need X, what would accomplishing that do for us?" BoiledCabbage 10 minutes ago Yet another incompatible definition - here first principles thinking is define as "how do reach a solution?". If that were true, then it wouldn't be any different from "problem solving".
itishappy 1 day ago Fair point, I'm skipping over the need itself. The titular first principle.First principles: "We need X, how can we accomplish that?"Higher order: "We need X, what would accomplishing that do for us?" BoiledCabbage 10 minutes ago Yet another incompatible definition - here first principles thinking is define as "how do reach a solution?". If that were true, then it wouldn't be any different from "problem solving".
BoiledCabbage 10 minutes ago Yet another incompatible definition - here first principles thinking is define as "how do reach a solution?". If that were true, then it wouldn't be any different from "problem solving".
Fair point, I'm skipping over the need itself. The titular first principle.
First principles: "We need X, how can we accomplish that?"
Higher order: "We need X, what would accomplishing that do for us?"
Yet another incompatible definition - here first principles thinking is define as "how do reach a solution?". If that were true, then it wouldn't be any different from "problem solving".