Word: prone
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...what's the deal? Are rental-car break-ins as rampant in the Aloha State as mock luaus? And if so, are rental agencies knowingly renting theft-prone cars...
Remarkably, the power of stereotype threat was enough to overcome true aptitude: even people who, according to screening tests conducted before the experiment, generally had good working memories and weren't prone to anxiety - in short, great test-takers - performed worse after being reminded of their age. The power of stereotype is so strong that it can overwhelm many of our other traits, which means that what you learned in kindergarten is true: you're only as good as you expect...
...Benedict XVI's reign, the Vatican dossier on Islam could be entitled: "Regensburg, and Everything After." Regensburg was the professor Pope's landmark 2006 discourse at his former university that included a nasty historical citation about the prophet Mohammed and provocatively asked if Islam lacks reason, making it inherently prone to violence. The worldwide protests among Muslims, including a handful of church burnings and the killing of a nun, forced the Pope to quickly change his approach, and soften his tone...
...Increasingly, however, science is showing that human beings, regardless of their intelligence, are prone to misconstrue and misperceive. We contradict ourselves. We tend to focus on facts that match our expectations and underrate possibilities that might derail our intentions. We're sentimental. We're biased. We're influenced by others. And intelligence offers no immunity to these baked-in flaws...
...President Obama deploys his many czars and task forces, he should remember that no amount of IQ can cure the human condition. Like Republicans, Democrats are prone to overemphasize their favorite facts and theories, to gloss over contradictory data, to skew their analysis to match their values. That doesn't make them dumb people or bad people. It just makes them people...