> Why does everyone try to solve this problem from first principles? Trying to solve the problem from first principles is probably how a lot of the posters cam

> Why does everyone try to solve this problem from first principles? Trying to solve the problem from first principles is probably how a lot of the posters came to the conclusion that it wasn't possible. If the problem were possible to solve from first principles, it would have been a waste of time to find/create data, so trying to solve it from first principles is the correct approach given no prior knowledge of the answer.