The rationality of voters is an interesting, if uncomfortable, area of inquiry among economists and others, such as Michael Huemer, a philosophy professor, who weighs in thusly:Perhaps the most striking feature of the subject of politics is how prone it is to disagreement only religion and morality rival politics as a source of disagreement.
In addition, the questionnaire had 14 items that evaluated how good participants were at expressing empathy and understanding to their partners and how prone they were to be critical or defensive.
Irrespective of how healthy we try to be, our microbiome may be responsible for whether we are skinny or fat, how prone we are to diabetes, or our food allergies.
Well, besides the fact that we believe it is, it really depends on how prone you are in losing your iPhone and how costly is your device.
They know how dependent they are on others, how prone they are to overconfidence.
The responses were influenced by how prone people were to nostalgia.
Now I don't want to overstate the dangers, but what I would say is that we saw – with the phone-hacking scandal – how prone we are as an industry to cut corners in a hideous way when we face an existential threat, or indeed when there is money to be made.
The listeners were also asked to reveal a wide range of background information, including how prone they were to dwell in nostalgia and what their current mood, health, and quality of life was.
Only in one passage does Trivers strike me as insincere, when he notes how prone academics are to self-importance; one survey found that 94 percent considered themselves to be above average in their fields.
