First Principles - Learn the foundation of Truth with this POWERFUL mental model

First Principles and First Principles thinking allow the thinker to get straight to the root of understanding. When you understand what First Principles are, you will know how to use a very powerful mental model that will greatly enhance your cognitive abilities. First Principles began with history's greatest philosophers and has impacted some of the best minds in modern times. Watch this video and learn how powerful thinking from First Principles can be.
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[@ProgressLeavesClues]

Here is another example for those who need one: So, how about Bob, he wants a house to live in. He is pricing various homes, brick ranch-style houses, 2 story vinyl-clad houses, he even looked at a mobile home. He stops and asks himself what is it that I really need for a house? He reasons that anything he would consider a habitable house would contain several irreducible factors: 1.) it would have walls 2.) it would have some kind of roof 3.) it would have some kind of door or entryway 4.) it would provide protection from the elements. Bob has just come up with what he sees as the First Principles for what he considers a house. Now Bob reasons from just those First Principles and realizes that a cargo shipping container matches all of those factors but it was not something he would have thought of if he simply thought of what kind of house he wanted. He arrived at a somewhat unconventional idea for a house by reducing what it was he really wanted down to its most basic elements. He then decides to build a shipping container tiny house because it matches his requirements and perhaps for its economic benefits and trendy unconventionality.

[@ismailnyeyusof3520]

Next Bob needs a good location for the house that is available?

[@TIMMYT3573]

@@ismailnyeyusof3520 Next question: What is a location?

[@emmareyes7459]

Thankyou

[@olympioaluka6876]

@@TIMMYT3573 I don't know if this was sarcasm or not but I think you're right.

[@agussetionoasli]

Power is above the truth and power deserves wealth. Ask our leaders.

[@kamangumukuka4212]

Powerful material presented in a very user-friendly way .. thanks. Keep on keepin' on !

[@SailorDoggo]

Thank you so much! Very helpful, keep going!

[@sachx7607]

Great video, thank you!

[@btetschner]

Very helpful, thank you for the video.

[@alaschgari]

Very helpful thx!

[@seriousblack4513]

Thank u so so so much

[@seriousblack4513]

Really really great video

[@yohanesliong4818]

Very informative and comprehensive. Thank you

[@user-xedwsg]

Dude, you need to provide more examples of first principles thinking. Please do another video.

[@seriousblack4513]

Plese don't stop uploading videos

[@abhishekkaushik2037]

Another definition of First Principle can be: Basic undeniable basic truths.

[@ProgressLeavesClues]

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[@vishalnangare31]

following...

[@timothywise9731]

I would suggest that when Elon Musk asked for the prices of the rocket materials, he was NOT applying first principles, as one could ask, why do we need aluminum, titanium, copper and carbon fiber? I would have asked, why were those materials needed, and then asked why again until we truly got down to the first principles. The material costs are more like fourth principles and nowhere near first principles. I would have thought that the first principles would have been something like F=ma, Newton's laws of motion, and Kepler's laws of orbits...those are the first principles, I would think. They are immutable axioms applicable to space flight.

[@Isaac-jq4qe]

I'm thinking there was a solution to his cost challenge at that level of "fourth principles"(in your words). If there was none(pershaps it still accumulated to the same cost he was trying to avoid), he would have had to further break it down to the point of "why these materials are needed in the first place" then choosing different materials that fulfill same or better fundamental purpose and then calculating cost(building up solution for a cheaper battery)

[@kirtwedel9275]

Perhaps but you way never gets a rocket in space in his lifetime.

[@davemetzler1]

Most people will not get this way of thinking, no matter how many times you explain it, it falls under a mysterious approach to life itself. You quote the Bible, well done, now consider the words of Jesus at Math:11.25 "I thank you Father, that you have hidden these truths from the intellectual ones" This is a different form of intelligence coupled to a heavy dose of humility, truth is sometimes not comprehended by the common man. If first principle thinking were common, we would be living in world of peace and harmony. First principles do not allow for corruption and debauchery or greed and selfishness. Again, Jesus said, "there is more happiness in giving than in receiving" try to get todays generation to understand that! Good luck with that! Here is an example of first principle thinking... morality trumps technology or wealth! Try LEARNING with humility instead of learning for success!!

[@vsulli]

I need to know where Musk got his training in First Principles thinking, you told me about the subject but how do I train myself to do this for myself.

[@ProgressLeavesClues]

This article may help you think through the process a bit more. link.medium.com/sbrE232wYab

[@jayantjain6550]

@@ProgressLeavesClues Thnx a lot.

[@xyz-mt4lw]

Start meditation. You need clarity of thought which will come when you calm your mind.

[@beastmode4617]

He didn't ,Elon musk is an idiot. That's why he bought Twitter for 40 billion dollars. A company that doesn't make a profit.

[@fpvillegas9084]

I think Alexander the Great used First Principles reasoning in solving his problems. He learned it from Aristotle. Hmmm.....🤔

[@lyndellmoore1696]

Great video, actually first principle thinking dates back to the ancient Egyptians, the Greeks learn it/stole it from them.

[@franklinmartinez4040]

How do you steal a process of thinking?

[@brutonano9521]

@@franklinmartinez4040 Great question and still no reply...typical.

[@balun872]

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[@mauricioalfaro9406]

I still can't get it. Give practical and everyday examples. Otherwise you are not giving a first principle based explanation

[@ProgressLeavesClues]

hope this helps: So, how about Bob, he wants a house to live in. He is pricing various homes, brick ranch style houses, 2 story vinyl clad houses, he even looked at a mobile home. He stops and asks himself what is it that I really need for a house? He reasons that anything he would consider a habitable house would contain several irreducible factors: 1.) it would have walls 2.) it would have some kind of roof 3.) it would have some kind of door or entryway 4.) it would provide protection from the elements. Bob has just come up with what he sees as the First Principles for what he considers a house. Now Bob reasons from just those First Principles and realizes that a cargo shipping container matches all of those factors but it was not something he would have thought of if he simply thought of what kind of house he wanted. He arrived at a somewhat unconventional idea for a house by reducing what it was he really wanted down to its most basic elements. He then decides to build a shipping container tiny house because it matches his requirements and perhaps for its economic benefits and trendy unconventionality.

[@jamescheady599]

@@ProgressLeavesClues getting it

[@davidanthony6408]

I wish people would explain things easier for complicated people like myself. I have seen the word principle used in so many ways I am left with more questions. Yea, do my thinking for me because I get in my own way. What I got from this video is if you have an idea? It should be based on what you already know to be true. If you don't know enough, then study and learn more. So base your thinking on reality and not the reality that Donald Trump wants you to believe.

[@freethinker79]

Check out Mark Passio's amazing "Natural Law" presentation for more elaboration.

[@poongodinallendhiran8468]

The truth is we aren't completely sure of the most basic things in physics

[@timothywise9731]

We have physical laws....they may be adjusted when we travel faster than where Newtonian laws are applicable but even those adjustments (Lorentz transformations) are a priori.

[@momowala596]

mars

[@power13]

my brain hurts

[@ryannash1728]

You forgot to mention Hannibal Lecter

[@internetofthings298]

Does the hand animation really necessary? It's annoying

[@pallavbhanti7836]

can you pls remove the pen animation, its extremely distracting for such a nice topic

[@timothywise9731]

Drawing objects on the screen is extremely distracting and violates the laws of first principles!!!

[@rafaelazofeifa5291]

A biblical quote in a video about critical rhinking. That’s funny 😅

[@ProgressLeavesClues]

Even Socrates believed in a God, skepticism is optional

[@freethinker79]

The Bible is mostly psychological allegory about the workings of the human mind. So yes, quite fitting indeed. It would be wise not to throw the baby out with the bathwater!

[@brrryan2908]

The first, first-principle is: "Don't reference self-contradictory books like the bible."

[@Aeirus13]

My bias is that i can't trust information with bible quotes because it's super-often, biased. ha!

[@danf4447]

what you fogot t o mention in your musk model is arranging all that aluminum and titanium in a way that would get to space and back better and cheaper. and that is years of testing by the brightest and most well educated and most expensive minds. ... first principles says " a house is made mostly of mortar and cement and that is mostly sand and bricks are mostly sand so take the weight of the house and divide by teh cost of sand and thats what a house should cost. its ABSURD on the face of it. and if musk hadnt been bailed out by nasa several times and continues to be bailed out by government money... he would be gone. the real skill is getting bbillions in guaranteed government contract without proof you can do it. why dont you do a video on how to do THAT

[@ProgressLeavesClues]

Clearly Musk is just one man standing on the shoulders of giants, but feel free to report back when you have achieved one tenth of what he has done for mankind.

[@TreeCraftbyAndrew]

Lol based on search results - it would be easy to assume elon musk invented first principles

[@coolhari2000]

Totally unnecessary biblical reference.

[@consumablecorner150]

It's definitely a target.

[@freethinker79]

Truth is truth regardless of the source. The Bible has much great wisdom to offer to those who can decipher its veiled allegorical language. It would be extremely unwise to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

[@coolhari2000]

@@freethinker79 Veiled Allegorical Language - LOL Yeah, i've seen a lot of 'deciphering'.

[@freethinker79]

@@coolhari2000 Learn to see beyond the superficial, surface-level of things and you'll soon be able to see and understand what you could not see and understand before. "To literalize a myth or symbol and require its worship, on the other hand, is the oldest of religious sins: idolatry." --James Hollis “All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.” --Joseph Campbell

[@coolhari2000]

​@@freethinker79 Lol, you guys love to pick & choose. "Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death." - Exodus 31:13-15 "You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material" Leviticus 19:19 "For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him." (Leviticus 20:9) "But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." (Matthew 5:39)