Axiomempiricalv1
People disproportionately stick with default options even
People disproportionately stick with default options even when alternatives are objectively equivalent or superior.
Why This Is an Axiom
This is an empirical finding from Samuelson & Zeckhauser's 1988 research on status quo bias. It describes a foundational cognitive phenomenon that cannot be derived from other axioms in the curriculum — it is a bedrock observation about how human decision-making actually works.