Axiomtheoreticalv1
Every moment spent exploring is a moment not spent
Every moment spent exploring is a moment not spent exploiting, and vice versa.
Why This Is an Axiom
This is the structural definition of the exploration-exploitation tradeoff from computer science/decision theory. It is a theoretical framework claim about the fundamental tension in sequential decision-making that cannot be derived from other curriculum axioms — it defines the problem space for stopping rules.