axiom

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A fundamental axiom of economics is that when two individuals or countries trade, both are better off.

From The Wall Street Journal

There’s an axiom in football that if your quarterback isn’t the toughest guy on your team, you’re in trouble.

From Los Angeles Times

But the math professor who’s now working for a math startup did share one of his own axioms.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pathway has identified what Stamirowska calls equations of reasoning, fundamental mathematical axioms that explain how intelligence emerges from smaller, local interactions in the brain, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I call it an axiom of emotions. No matter how artificial something might be, the emotions are always true.”

From Los Angeles Times