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I completely agree. I come up with a lot of ideas and mention them to family/friends and 9 times out of ten the first thing they say about it is a huge obstacle or that it isn't feasible. I've always thought it was interesting that a majority of people, when presented a new idea, tend to go with the "Sounds like a good theory" reaction than imagining that it can be possible. That is why I admire Elon, in the face of all the critics that say it isn't possible he makes it possible.

I agree, it's incredibly less clear. I re-watched his TED interview and started researching different ways of determining first principles. Thought this was an interesting perspective. I found this post particularly interesting in relating first principles to software development: http://www.mytechfetish.com/2013/04/first-principle-reasonin.... I can relate with how this article states that there is more reasoning in analogy than examining processes through looking at the first principles. I just started a new job at a tech center and I finding a lot of "that's just how it's always been done" going on.