“All educational topics, for which there exists verifiably popular, polar explanations, should be represented in terms of all such explanations. Each explanation should be represented with a pre-disclosed bias.”
Humans necessarily operate with an associative psychology. This means that all understanding can only be possessed in the context of our associations, or biases. In this way we are incapable of communicating an idea without bias, being contrary to this nature, and any attempt at this is inherently imperfect*. In the case of controversial topics, where unique perspective can be a source of resolution, such attempts are intellectually dangerous. Moreover, while the concept of the educational process being defined by internalization and personalization of neutral ideas is easily understood and theoretically convenient, it is not attainable when humans are the means of idea transmission.
Therefore it is incumbent upon us to look to a method of education which is not only capable of fairly transmitting an idea, but also compatible with the means by which we must communicate. If an educator considered their duty to be the transmission of biases, the true form of human understanding, the recipient would be able to evaluate these poles according to their own associations and arrive at a unique bias or position, the classification of which would be incidental but ultimately as fair as is possible.
* When we perceive information, it is instantly mixed with our associations and at ultimate understanding becomes a conclusion. Once reached, because our intellect operates in the environment of our associations, it cannot extract those associations from a conclusion, a process necessary to reproduce the original information. One cannot consciously extrapolate information from a conclusion by subtracting realized associations. This is because conclusions are formed by both the conscious and subconscious mind, the latter of which has complete access to one’s associations, whereas the former does not. The weaker (in terms of access) cannot reverse-engineer the product of the stronger. Even if extrapolation were possible, the result would be information skewed by the original propagator.
