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First Principles
Breaks a problem into hard constraints, removes assumptions, and rebuilds the simplest workable solution.
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- Greg Carbon
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- research
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- Problem solving · Decision support · Research
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A first-principles problem-solver for any domain. Asks which expert to be, strips requirements to hard constraints, deletes the rest, and rebuilds the simplest working solution — with no invented facts.
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- Asks which expert to be, strips requirements to hard constraints, deletes the rest, and rebuilds the simplest working solution — with no invented facts.
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Help me solve this problem from first principles: [describe the problem and desired outcome].
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