Axiom
An axiom, or postulate, is a very whimsical point of view, that may change at will given a point of time and place. By definition, every human being has a different interpretation of any axiom that is ever formulated. That is why axioms are often used for gaming, to generate just that amount of entropy into systems in order to create sufficient randomness to keep the games consistent. Many efforts have been made to use random number generators in order to automatically generate axioms, however, such axioms have limited use as the normal axiom is more complicated than that, and involves weird associations and leaps of the mind that go beyond the value of a number like 95832073 or 48208832.
Logicians, mathematicians and tax collectors like to make axioms look more interesting by using complicated formulas for them. In this way, the subject gets even more fuzzy. An axiom that is blurred by formalizing it is often called a foxiom. Such a foxiom is not only very whimsical, but fuzzy and foggy as well.
Quicksand[edit | edit source]
Often axioms are compared to quicksand. Any two given deductions that are based on the same axiom are guaranteed to arrive at a different conclusion, even if the deductions are made by the very same person at the same time. This rule is called the Law of Xioma, and is named after the Ancient Greek philosopher Xioma of Milete, who formulated it while an apple fell right on her head while she was sucking on a banana.
Axiom Soup[edit | edit source]
Just like quicksand is a mixture of sand and water, an axiom is a mixture of fact, fiction, randomness and whim. Some axioms have a striking resemblence with soup, and in many restaurants, the Axiom Soup is served. What sort of soup is actually served is guaranteed to be a surprise, and if a customer can guess the exact ingredients of the soup into every minor detail, like how many grains of salt are used or what vegetables and meat it contains, before it is being served, most restaurants will serve the soup for free.
Axiom Soup Scandal[edit | edit source]
The Axiom Soup Scandal was a scandal that became world news in 1983. Many restaurants and hotels all around the world appeared to serve Axiom Soup that had predictable amounts of grains of pepper and salt. Quality inspections of the meals showed that the label of Axiom Soup was incorrect, and thousands of customers were compensated for having been served wrong dishes.
As an aside, the hotels also lost millions of dollars as it was so difficult to remove the "Axiom Soup" stickers from the meat balls that were used in the soup. These meat balls had become wet because of the water of the soup and were often entagled with the vegetables and noodles of it.