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What's the difference between laziness and maximizing efficiency?

Asked by nikipedia (28077points) October 23rd, 2008

Let’s say that you have a particular task—for instance, reading an incredibly boring scientific article. And suppose you know certain shortcuts can be taken—for instance, reading the intro, figures, and discussion rather than all the text in the article.

If you take the shortcut, are you lazy, or are you efficient? What’s the difference? Is there anything wrong with taking the shortcut?

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