Individual prejudices shaped by personal experience.
Bacon’s "epigram after epigram" in Book One provides a masterclass in identifying how the human mind is prone to error, urging readers to approach nature with a "middle path" between absolute knowledge and absolute doubt. Review: The New Organon - Lotz in Translation FRANCIS BACON The New Organon
One of the most enduring and insightful sections of the book is Bacon’s classification of the —the mental biases that distort human judgment: Idols of the Tribe: Biases inherent to human nature. Individual prejudices shaped by personal experience