Are we to conclude that anyone who thinks "out of the box" as the saying
goes nowadays and through reason reaches conclusions that run contrary to
current belief is "prejudiced" while the practitioners, promoters, and
defenders of the status quo are not prejudiced? Ask Halton Arp, or the
late Sir Fred Hoyle, or V.C. Reddish who was belittled in his day (mid
'60s) but whose ideas on first-generation stars (stellar evolution) are now
all the rage, though his name is not attached to the ideas. But at least
Silas isn't prejudiced in the least, right?

Come on, now; every last one of us is "prejudiced" one way or another.
Bias is necessary to think and act. Don't believe it? I'll bet you're
biased towards entering a room through a door rather than a window.