Axiomempiricalv1
The world is too vast, time too constrained, and individual
The world is too vast, time too constrained, and individual intellect too limited for any person to gather first-hand evidence for more than a tiny fraction of their beliefs.
Why This Is an Axiom
This is an empirical constraint on human cognition and the structure of knowledge. It is the foundational fact that makes epistemic dependence necessary rather than optional.