First Principles are ultimately important, and I agree with you that they and all their derivatives  should be re-evaluated periodically as we learn more. 

Of course, as a metrologist by education, I love that you wrote about this. What we humans do, for the most part, is measure things and assign labels from those measurements. So many people never give it a first conscious thought.

We'd love to see you more in the Writers' Block! Your writing is good and you could offer much. Have you workshopped anything yet, to see how the process works? I think you'd be happy with the result. All I can say is that everything I put through the workshops comes out better.