First principles thinking is a way of finding answers by breaking down the problem into its simplest form.

Nowadays most people have been told to not think for themselves.
They are told to listen to “experts” and “professionals”, and other authority figures.

Most of the time when we are told to blindly listen to “experts” on a long enough time frame they end up being proven wrong.

For example, earlier this year the EU finally decided to ban amalgam dental fillings.
One does not have to be a health expert to understand that putting mercury in your mouth is harmful.
One simply has to utilize their God given common sense.

I do not know how long humans have existed in this realm.
Whether you believe that we have existed for millions of years or only thousands of years, it does not matter.
We can all agree that life has drastically changed in approximately the last 200 years, or since the industrial revolution.

By total coincidence compulsory public schooling began around the same time, but that’s a topic for another article.

Our recently acquired state of comfort and convenience has allowed humans to turn off their brains.
Most people are out of touch with the reality of where their water, food and energy come from.
In fact, most people don’t even understand what humans were biologically designed to eat.

Fortunately, we can apply first principles thinking to find the answer.

I was born in an area that gets very cold in the winter.
Nothing grows for most of the year.
Before the existence of various unnatural inventions it would have been impossible to survive.
Unless we were designed to hunt and eat animals.

Nowadays we are told that eating animal products is unhealthy and unethical.
We are told to overcook our food to make it “safe” and “bioavailable”, even though it is common sense that fire destroys everything it touches.

Do not misunderstand what I am saying.
I am not suggesting that products originating from conventional farming are healthy.
I am saying that living in harmony with nature is healthy.

I encourage you to employ first principles thinking in your own lives.
It will surprise you how simple some of the answers to complex problems can be.