Correct. But is it or not the search for first principles? And why is it easier

Correct. But is it or not the search for first principles? And why is it easier to develop the first principles of chemistry – it’s largely solved. And why engineering?
Because they’re easier, because we can observe and deduce at those scales, were in the foundations of physics we lack the instrumentation, and in say, proteins we run up against extraordinary complexity.

I won’t get into how physics stopped making models and is using mathematics without understanding the first principles of math, but it’s rare to find even a mathematician that does.

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