Axiomempiricalv1
Humans escalate commitment to failing courses of action when
Humans escalate commitment to failing courses of action when they bear personal responsibility for the initial decision.
Why This Is an Axiom
This is Staw's empirical finding about escalation of commitment and sunk cost psychology. It describes a systematic bias in human decision-making that operates counter to rational error correction. Not derivable from other axioms; it's a specific empirical claim about human psychology.