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by asteroidburger 126 days ago
How long until “first principles” is a meme like “considered harmful”? Or are we there already?
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wavemode 126 days ago
"from first principles" has been a common phrase in science and philosophy for a long time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_principle
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esseph 126 days ago
Sure, but that's not the way it's being used by your daily twitter/X poster.
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dang 125 days ago
Ok, we've removed first principles from the title above.
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