Axiom #1: The human universe is always potentially infinite, so long as it exists and we believe it to be so.
Axiom #2: Reality is what we believe it to be, until we discover otherwise.
Axiom #3: If you want your civilisation to survive, there are four fundamental ingredients - Compassion, Democracy, Ethics, and Scientific method.
Axiom #4: When people cooperate with each other, everything in line with the laws of physics becomes possible.

Aphorism #1: If something can't be put into plain-English then it probably isn't true!