[011011100]

Did you really have to come up with a name for it: "reasoning from first principles"? Does it not bother anyone else that this is just "thinking"? I mean, if you can deal with the cost of re-engineering the battery, then why not? Is this not common sense?

[swalsh]

And Test driven development is really just "Development"... why did they need to make a name for that?

I think what Musk is trying to do here is provide structure, and intention to the WAY he thinks.

[adwn]

Reasoning by analogy is also "thinking". What's wrong with giving different names to different ways of approaching a problem?

[011011100]

Because it formalizes thought and encourages people to use templates rather than actually thinking about it themselves. If you're "solving problems" by always referring to your sheet of "problem solving approaches", then you're doing it wrong. You might still be successful in solving a problem, but you've effectively turned yourself into a robot.

[rhizome]

It's a more-specific form, used to distinguish a particular method.