Axiom (Can I Jump Off the Table?)
A child keeps asking "why?" about not jumping off the table, until the exhausted parent says to just take it as an axiom, an assumption you accept without proof.
Transcript
"Can I jump off the table?" "No." "Why?" "I don't want you to get hurt." "Why?" "It'd make me sad." "Why?" "I don't know, kid, just take it as an axiom."
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-09-03-axiom/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)