That's because humans have evolved to generally avoid risk and prefer things the way they are, a phenomenon known as status quo bias, says Brad Klontz, a certified financial planner, financial ...

Rather, much anti-immigrant fervor stems from what George Mason University's Bryan Caplan has dubbed the "status-quo bias" — a preference for the status quo because it is the status quo.

And that’s what’s most tragic about the status quo – it not only hurts those who ... But they are forgetting about the notion of unconscious bias, the ingrained habits we get from society ...