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You're describing the kind of first principles thinking that gave us the Tesla car door handle. It's Silicon Valley, tech bro, smarter-than-everyone, nothing-to-learn-from-anyone bullshit.

Complex topics are built on history, on those who came before us, on attempts and failures and successes. Ignoring it is garden variety stupid.

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According to you, demonstrating steps that lead to a specific conclusion was only used in Silicon Valley to just build Tesla door handle.

Your first principles reasoning must then be deference to authority and course. Good to know.

> Complex topics are built on history, on those who came before us, on attempts and failures and successes

Tell that to Alan Turing, Godel, Tarski, Aristotle and a lot of other first principles thinkers.

> Ignoring it is garden variety stupid.

Bro, What about ignoring the original comment.

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