New expression – cognitive miser
What do we call people that are naturally inclined to minimise cognitive effort?
Efficient: not necessarily. Efficiency can involve substantial thought.
Lazy: colloquially close, but too much of a pejorative.
Dumb: wrong concept. Intelligence and willingness to expend cognitive effort are different things.
Ignorant: wrong concept. Concerns knowledge, not effort.
Conservative. Yes but it’s a correlation not a causation.
Exposed to AI: potentially a consequence, not the underlying trait.
Cognitive miser: someone inclined to conserve mental effort and rely on heuristics, routines or existing rules rather than engage in effortful reasoning.
