The Mental Model of First Principles Thinking can help us to break down complex problems into their most fundamental parts. Elon Musk is and Richard Feynman was a practitioner of First Principles Thinking.
Instead of imitating others (reasoning by analogy), we can look for the fundamental "truth" (as far as we know it).
It is often called Reasoning from First Principles.

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0:00 Introduction
0:36 First Principles Thinking Explained
1:30 How to do First Principles Thinking?
2:36 Use Case | Limitations
3:36 Reasoning by Analogy
4:57 The Cook and the Chef
6:02 First Principles Thinking applied
6:34 Richard Feynman's example
8:25 YouTube example
11:41 Outro
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Sources:
Elon Musk on First Principles Thinking:
   • Elon Musk best motivational speech an...  
   • Elon Musk Explains How to Reason Usin...  

Tim Urban, Wait But Why:
https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/11/theco...

Richard Feynman:
Six Easy Pieces Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher (Book)
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