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We need a word that means "lazy" but without the implied judgment -- like, the meaning should be "has a stronger-than-average dispreference for exerting effort"
Lots of good (& entertaining) suggestions here!

I realize now there's an SSC post on this, but my tweet was inspired by unrelated conversations.
Re: connotation creep, I think this word would be useful for individuals who want to adopt it in thinking about their lives, which is an easier problem to solve than "create a new word that becomes standard in the culture".
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... rather than "Uh, guys, we should not be updating on those papers, like at all"

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- I'm complaining about over-politeness to *ideas*, not to people
- Criticizing papers does cause some adjustment of belief away from their claims. But not as much as it would if the critics were allowed to say "c'mon, this paper is zero evidence for X" (3/n)
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You're at a Safeway and you spot a guy stealing food (putting packages of nuts & dried fruit in his backpack). Do you tell a manager or not?
If you're wondering what happened... I did tell a nearby Safeway employee. Then I had second thoughts & felt bad, so I went looking for the thief to offer to pay for the food instead. Didn't find him, then ran into the Safeway employee again, who said (1/2)
the thief had run off with the food before they could do anything. Which I guess I was glad about. Not sure what my policy should be in general, but stealing food from a big company does seem less bad than most. (2/2)
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This claim by @zackbeauchamp is wrong. The ratio of liberal:conservative profs fired for speech may be ~3:1, but that doesn't mean liberal profs are more likely to be fired for speech. Not unless the overall ratio of liberal:conservative profs <= 3:1 (which I don't think it is)
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