We are all prejudiced in the sense that the very act of learning trains our neural networks to rapidy pattern-match based on experience; using this common brain machinery, we all naturally pre-judge. Every new experience slightly alters the brain's connections, "deepening the grooves" of those concepts that are re-assured by new information, and transforming neural connections involving conceptions we find to be errant in some way. In this manner, we use our ever-changing neural programming to make rapid judgements at first glance, sometimes leading to serious and important problems. Consider someone who pets the same black cat every day. The cat is lovely – always purring affectionately as it rubs itself on the person's leg – and this person quickly develops a bond with the cat. Everyone has heard the superstitious belief that black cats are bad luck, but this person's experience is quite the opposite. One day, our friend encounters another black cat. Hav...
To bring together in thought, compare, and dicuss.