Policy:Mind Map Pages

Editors will be able to create mind maps to display the connection between various articles defending specific thesis statements in order to outline their own preferred set of beliefs.

Mind maps are similar to lists and categories, in that they provide a convenient way to organize links to multiple articles.

The distinction is that mind maps are intended to organize a proposed system of theses, beliefs, or arguments.

Moreover, while mind maps may be created and curated by a group of editors, they are also intended as a means for individual editors to (a) present their own system of beliefs for others, and/or (b) to tentatively collect and edit the list of articles that they are weighing in their efforts to research or form their own opinions.

Mind maps also provide a means by which you can discover what an expert in a field has identified as the articles he or she believes to be true...or those they believe are untrue.

sample mind map

In other words, mind maps can serve as a public pronouncement of one's belief system, or syllabus.

For example, a mind map could be created for all of the theorems of Euclidean geometry. (Most likely, not controversial.)

Or a mind map could be created for all the dogmas of a specific religion. (Most likely, controversial.)

Our software does not currently support the creation of mind maps, but it will be a priority to do so, along with creating a system to rank your level of agreement or disagreement with a specific thesis. This voting system will also allow users to discover which pages of editors (experts?) they follow are supported or contested by those editors.