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Because it's a widely used phrase that everyone understands. What the "first principles" are for a layperson and a physicist are different, as is the expected
by DiogenesKynikos 1y ago
Because it's a widely used phrase that everyone understands.
What the "first principles" are for a layperson and a physicist are different, as is the expected level of rigor in the derivations.
- godelski 1y ago> that everyone understands. We wouldn't be having this conversation if this were true
- DiogenesKynikos 1y agoNo, we're having this argument because of pedantry, not because someone doesn't understand the term "first principles."