Axiomempiricalv1
Negative events carry greater psychological weight than
Negative events carry greater psychological weight than positive events of equal intensity.
Why This Is an Axiom
This is Baumeister's 'bad is stronger than good' finding - a robust empirical regularity about human psychology. It explains why contamination narratives are stickier than redemption narratives. This is not derived from other principles; it is a direct observation about cognitive architecture.