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		DiogenesKynikos 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Physically based rendering from first principles Because it's a widely used phrase that everyone understands. What the "first principles" are for a layperson and a physicist are different, as is the expected level of rigor in the derivations.

godelski 4 months ago [–]

  > that everyone understands.

We wouldn't be having this conversation if this were true

DiogenesKynikos 4 months ago | [–]

No, we're having this argument because of pedantry, not because someone doesn't understand the term "first principles."

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