Substantiated beliefs

Understand the nature and motivations of groups of people who share beliefs which they can demonstrate to be true through repeatable tests, trials or theories.

Knowledge Node Summary

Some groups only hold beliefs which they can demonstrate and test the truth of. Typically such beliefs are open to refinement and even refutation if it can be demonstrated that a new or modified theory or system is more believable or accurate than a former belief. Scientific progress typically uses such a belief system and some elements of judicial investigation also rely on such systems.

A summary of expert opinion:

The knowledge named 'Substantiated beliefs' is considered to be very important.
In addition, the knowledge is thought to be justifiable knowledge, and is generally learned by study.
The learn time for this node given an understanding of the prerequisites, is about 1 year. The estimated learn time for the entire knowledge structure of this node is about 1.5 years.