Explanatory Knowledge

Solutions to any Problem that can be stored in the form of mental models.

Explanatory knowledge is the most powerful type of Knowledge. It includes Conscious, Unconscious, Explicit, and Inexplicit ideas. Unlike Genetic Knowledge, which is stored in DNA, explanatory knowledge is stored in minds and institutions.

Connections

• •A subset of Knowledge — specifically, solutions stored as mental models
• •Encompasses Conscious, Unconscious, Explicit, and Inexplicit ideas
• •Distinct from Genetic Knowledge — which grows through biological evolution
• •Created by universal explainers through Creativity
• •Stored in minds and transmitted via memes and institutions
• •Solves problems that genetic knowledge cannot address
• •The basis of all Progress and Wealth