Groups and Beliefs

Understand how humans can form groups which might adopt particular beliefs or a common cause

Knowledge Node Summary

Human societies typically form groups based on some set of beliefs or on some other feature of common belonging. In some cases, certain beliefs might be limited but valid and might be chosen by the group as a common cause. In other cases, beliefs might be unprovable and questionable but might form a bond between group members and cause them to act in specific ways depending on the nature of the belief and on the way the group is controlled. In other cases, groups might form in order to achieve a common goal.

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The knowledge named 'Groups and Beliefs' is considered to be very important.
In addition, the knowledge is thought to be minimally justifiable knowledge, and is generally learned from experience.
The learn time for this node given an understanding of the prerequisites, is about 1 month. The estimated learn time for the entire knowledge structure of this node is about 3 years.