Most avoid reasoning from first principles not because it generates poor results, but because it generates clear results that leave little room for one's own preferences and biases.
Corollary:
The room for interpretation left by the majority of "data-driven" processes is why those who seek to push their biases and preferences upon others are so quick to promote this form of sensemaking.
Unlike logic, data have no self-imposed inertial constraints.
The room for interpretation left by the majority of "data-driven" processes is why those who seek to push their biases and preferences upon others are so quick to promote this form of sensemaking.
Unlike logic, data have no self-imposed inertial constraints.
The empirical tradition thrives at the intersection of first-principles reasoning and empirical observation.
Collecting quality empirical data requires patience.
Reasoning requires a passion for reality that supersedes one's egoistic desires.
Both increasingly rare traits...
Collecting quality empirical data requires patience.
Reasoning requires a passion for reality that supersedes one's egoistic desires.
Both increasingly rare traits...
