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People in general tend to be lazy.
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Re: Do clever people tend to be lazy?
I think that describes me pretty well.Originally posted by Urban Ranger
That's the conclusion from my causal observaton over the years.
At uni the most intelligent students weren't at the top, though they certainly were up there at the first tier with their 3.x GPA.
At work the smartest people tend to do the minimium nessary to get by/a promotion/a raise/etc.
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I am by far, the most intelligent person I know, and I've definitely accomplished the least. Sounds about right.
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Originally posted by Arrian
People in general tend to be lazy.
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See any lions being bussy when nothings warrants it? Them be smart animals.
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Re: Do clever people tend to be lazy?
Hmm, I was wondering. I'm not lazy, I'm too clever for my own good.Originally posted by Urban Ranger
That's the conclusion from my causal observaton over the years.
At uni the most intelligent students weren't at the top, though they certainly were up there at the first tier with their 3.x GPA.
At work the smartest people tend to do the minimium nessary to get by/a promotion/a raise/etc.
What do you think?
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Everybody is lazy. Why do any more work then you have to, if you are smart you can come up with ways get out of doing more work.
Like I always say, laziness is the mother of invention.Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will, as it did Obi Wan's apprentice.Comment
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It's a mixed bag. Certainly, some of the smart people have latched onto the concept of the marginal value of work. For them, it's not worth 4 or 5 hours a day of work to move their GPA from a 3.7 to a 4.0.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Yes, smart people tend to be lazy.
i have seen it many tim
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Substitute "efficent" for "lazy"
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Originally posted by DanS
It's a mixed bag. Certainly, some of the smart people have latched onto the concept of the marginal value of work. For them, it's not worth 4 or 5 hours a day of work to move their GPA from a 3.7 to a 4.0.
Yup
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Originally posted by DanS
It's a mixed bag. Certainly, some of the smart people have latched onto the concept of the marginal value of work. For them, it's not worth 4 or 5 hours a day of work to move their GPA from a 3.7 to a 4.0.
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I'm a perfect example myself. Though in high school, I could get good grades and be lazy. It didn't work so well at Georgia Tech
I took 5 AP classes one year... and people are like whoa! 5 APs, wtf!? I generally neglect to tell them that I never had more homework than I could finish while in some class busy ignoring the teacher
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3.7Originally posted by DanS
It's a mixed bag. Certainly, some of the smart people have latched onto the concept of the marginal value of work. For them, it's not worth 4 or 5 hours a day of work to move their GPA from a 3.7 to a 4.0.
More like 3.2. If I'd had a 3.7 from McGill (along with my other stuff) then I would have gotten in to Harvard instead of being brutally rebuffed...12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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Arts undergraduate grading scale, not science undergraduate grading scale.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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I am sorryOriginally posted by Lorizael
I am by far, the most intelligent person I know, and I've definitely accomplished the least. Sounds about right.
You can remedy this situation by coming to the ApolyCon though
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