---
slug: "Normance"
name: "Normance"
type: "Reasoning"
layer: "Mind"
ref: "Normance#6844"
sema_id: "sema:Normance#mh:SHA-256:6844deac889c8b9a75173e065de56b6833a2f8a6db372108b467c23e76b0c496"
tags: ["Mind","Reasoning"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json
url: https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/Normance/
related: ["Belief","Belongbend","GenealogicalTrace#8c7f"]
---

# Normance

Record how far a judgment rests on social default rather than on reasons its holder can state and check

Layer: Mind · Category: Reasoning

## Mechanism

For a [Belief](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Belief.md), the holder lists the reasons it can state and check without appeal to what others hold. Whatever support remains is recorded as social default: what is usual, what others believe, what a respected source said. The belief is then marked examined, mixed or default.

## Invariants

- Every listed reason can be stated and checked without appeal to what others hold.
- The social defaults the belief leans on are named.
- The belief is marked examined, mixed or default.

## Failure modes

- Default disguised as reason: 'everyone knows' is listed as a reason.
- Examination theatre: reasons are produced after the fact to make a default look examined.

## Builds on

- [Belief](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Belief.md) (Infrastructure; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Normance#mh:SHA-256:6844deac889c8b9a75173e065de56b6833a2f8a6db372108b467c23e76b0c496`
- Ref: `Normance#6844`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/Normance/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/#Normance)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Normance.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json)