First Principles
Reasoning from fundamentals instead of precedent or analogy. Physics-flavored thinking popularized by people who mention it often. Powerful genuinely; also the smartest-sounding way to dismiss experience.
Heard in the wild
“He 'first-principled' the maintenance schedule and reinvented the one we had.”
Tone check: Cliché
Sometimes the industry standard exists because the alternative failed. First principles include learning history.