Laziness Laziness Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman Category="Core issues in ethics"Category="Motivation"Category="Vice"Laziness is the lack of Desire to act or work in general or to do an act or work that is expected of the person. The general tendency to do nothing, in extreme cases can verge to Apathy and be symptom of depression. What is considerered laziness varies depending on cultural/societal context and magnitude, but it is generally considered a negative quality, as in sloth (see Seven deadly sins). Laziness can be considered an exageration of the natural Instinct to do nothing that makes people get healthy rest.

It has been argued that laziness is the source of a lot of innovations, that would have stemmed from the will to spare oneself a tiring job.

The expression "intellectual laziness" is frequently used to describe a tendency not to ask questions, and not to scratch too much behind the apparent, applying a kind of mental routine (Availability heuristic) or just following the crowd (Herding).

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