The Neocortex Is a Democratic Process

There was always a democratic process going on in the neocortex and one series of votes is always going to win. We cannot democratically operate two reference frames at the same time. No neuron holds a total understanding or picture of any one given thing. Every neuron only holds small fragments of understanding of anything. So how does all of this not only implicate, but I think create imperatives for the explicit teaching of critical thinking?