Some thoughts traveled from distant places
Are not born within our borders
And must pass through heightened security fortified by age old tradition
The norms of societal culture
The misgivings of prejudice and misplaced judgement
In order to arrive peacefully in our minds
Our minds are high-walled fortresses
Where Security Councils gather to preserve comfort
Kant may have given us too much credit when he said all humans are  rational beings . Many people depend on  cognitive biases  more often than logic, usually resulting in  prejudice and misplaced judgment.  They are heavily dependent on environment, i.e., culture and society. Our mind naturally forms biases, but they are not innate. 
 
 Biases are mental shortcuts that are highly adaptive for simple problems, but when things become more complex they can be devastating if not recognized and compensated for. There are hundreds of biases that have all been well-established by empirical studies. Don’t think you have any? Yup, that’s called  illusory superiority. 
 Many biases help us save face in our own mind.
FCK THE BELIEFS