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Defining Factor

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Atoms are the smallest particle of an element. From this single statement you can build up most of physics. The speed with which atoms move is temperature and the number of times the atoms hit something is pressure and so on. And because you can build the rest of physics from here, you can understand anything in physics by breaking it down to the level of this statement. People call a statement like this the First Principle. But I think the name First Principle does not accurately represent the statement because it implies something that has already been defined. When, in fact, most of the times you have to figure it out on your own. The name also implies that it explicitly applies to concepts when it also applies to systems. Therefore, I will use the more appropriate name Defining Factor. A Defining Factor determines how something will behave. So you can understand anything after you break it down to its Defining Factor. I'll share an example of the Defining Factor of a system a

Defining Factor Home Defining Factor Atoms are the smallest particle of an element. From this single statement you can build up most of physics. The speed with which atoms move is temperature and the number of times the atoms hit something is pressure and so on. And because you can build the rest of physics from here, you can understand anything in physics by breaking it down to the level of this statement. People call a statement like this the First Principle. But I think the name First Principle does not accurately represent the statement because it implies something that has already been de

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