Breathless audiences are now likely to be asked: 'Is there anybody here... who is vulnerable, of nervous disposition, or likely to sue?' Indeed, a whole list of disclaimers must be added to the spiritualists' spiel if they are to avoid an avalanche of writs following the repeal next month of the Fraudulent Mediums Act, to be replaced by the new Consumer Protection Regulations.
All investors, of course, are vulnerable to this tendency, known among behavioral researchers as the disposition effect.
-- Capabilities, disposition, vulnerabilities, and readiness of forces.
In Nagel's response to Williams, he argues that it is not just our actions that are vulnerable to moral luck but also our intentions, our dispositions, our exertions of will.
You would have to ask them if they felt vulnerable, or had mental health issues, or were of a nervous disposition.' With her husband, David, a spiritualist minister, she has set up the Spiritualist Workers Associationn, to help regulate the industry and offer guidance on the law.
These show that that stillbirth may occur when there are prevailing risk factors, especially intrauterine or maternal disposition, accompanied by a stressor or critical event if the fetus is vulnerable.
But most human habits are the product of reciprocal effects between dispositions and environmental experiences, suggesting that narcissistic people may indeed be more vulnerable to the selfie syndrome, and that succumbing to it would in turn make people more narcissistic.
We have a prevailing disposition to use heuristics, and while they work well most of the time, they are vulnerable to error.
Disposition: Claim thrown out.
