> Also, reasoning from first principles requires you to be aware of all of the "principles" that need to be taken into account. Yes exactly. That's where most

> Also, reasoning from first principles requires you to be aware of all of the "principles" that need to be taken into account. Yes exactly. That's where most people fall down, or what certainly seems to be the meme in software, where a person's first principles approach is actually just a naive approach.