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Your original comment starts with: > The author directly stated seeing repeated procrastination in many situations, yet stated that laziness does not exist. T

Your original comment starts with: > The author directly stated seeing repeated procrastination in many situations, yet stated that laziness does not exist. This phrasing, with its use of "yet" to contrast procrastination and laziness, strongly implies that from your perspective procrastination IS laziness. So, while you didn't literally say "procrastination is identical with laziness" maybe you can see how you might have given that impression? For what it's worth, I agree with you that the title "Laziness Does Not Exist" is not literally true; "laziness" is a real term that people use to describe behavior, and it "exists" in that sense, at least. Do you feel there is some deeper relevance to the term, though? For example, do you think it's more accurate to say that "laziness" is an inherent character trait that explains behavior, rather than merely describing it?

IncRnd 5y ago
> So, while you didn't literally say "procrastination is identical with laziness" maybe you can see how you might have given that impression? That might be perceived, but only when people pluck phrases and sentences out of content. What you quoted was directly followed by an example of laziness from the article. "The premise of this article is literally founded on intellectual laziness. When a person takes a course twice without ever managing to turn in homework, the situation of the student is not completely to blame, since the student didn't take the time to do something - the work, withdrawing in time, discussing options with the professor, something." > Do you feel there is some deeper relevance to the term, though? For example, do you think it's more accurate to say that "laziness" is an inherent character trait that explains behavior, rather than merely describing it? It is not about how I feel but the meanings of words. Procrastination describes behavior. Laziness can describe an attitude of being unwilling to act but also the behavior of indolence or lack of action.
- carbonguy 5y ago
  > What you quoted was directly followed by an example of laziness from the article. Well, it was DIRECTLY followed by an assertion of intellectual laziness in the premise of the article, as your quote so helpfully shows. Perhaps if you were a bit less lazy you might have caught that? > It is not about how I feel but the meanings of words. Ah! An interesting assertion, considering that what you have repeatedly described as "an example of laziness" from the article could easily be described in another way, as my other reply to you hints at. For example, we could say it was "stubbornness" [1] or "passivity" [2] or even "dysfunction" [3] with as much justification as you use "laziness." So on what basis do you choose the one, and not another? [1] "the quality of being determined to do what you want and refusing to do anything else" https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/stubbornness https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/stubb... [2]: "the quality of being passive, where "passive" is defined as "not acting to influence or change a situation" https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/passive https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/passi... [3]: "a problem or fault in a part of the body or a machine" https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/dysfunction https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/dysfu...
  - IncRnd 5y ago
    > Well, it was DIRECTLY followed by an assertion of intellectual laziness in the premise of the article, as your quote so helpfully shows. Perhaps if you were a bit less lazy you might have caught that? You're confused. Those were my words not words from the article. > Ah! An interesting assertion, considering that what you have repeatedly described as "an example of laziness" from the article could easily be described in another way, as my other reply to you hints at. For example, we could say it was "stubbornness" [1] or "passivity" [2] or even "dysfunction" [3] with as much justification as you use "laziness. Some lazy actions may also be stubborn actions. I'm sure that you know this. > So on what basis do you choose the one, and not another? Are you serious? The word is the subject of the article, and the given situation was an example from the article that shows the existence of laziness, which is in contradiction to the premise from the aricle that was apparently created in order to sell books.

IncRnd 5y ago

> So, while you didn't literally say "procrastination is identical with laziness" maybe you can see how you might have given that impression? That might be perceived, but only when people pluck phrases and sentences out of content. What you quoted was directly followed by an example of laziness from the article. "The premise of this article is literally founded on intellectual laziness. When a person takes a course twice without ever managing to turn in homework, the situation of the student is not completely to blame, since the student didn't take the time to do something - the work, withdrawing in time, discussing options with the professor, something." > Do you feel there is some deeper relevance to the term, though? For example, do you think it's more accurate to say that "laziness" is an inherent character trait that explains behavior, rather than merely describing it? It is not about how I feel but the meanings of words. Procrastination describes behavior. Laziness can describe an attitude of being unwilling to act but also the behavior of indolence or lack of action.

carbonguy 5y ago
> What you quoted was directly followed by an example of laziness from the article. Well, it was DIRECTLY followed by an assertion of intellectual laziness in the premise of the article, as your quote so helpfully shows. Perhaps if you were a bit less lazy you might have caught that? > It is not about how I feel but the meanings of words. Ah! An interesting assertion, considering that what you have repeatedly described as "an example of laziness" from the article could easily be described in another way, as my other reply to you hints at. For example, we could say it was "stubbornness" [1] or "passivity" [2] or even "dysfunction" [3] with as much justification as you use "laziness." So on what basis do you choose the one, and not another? [1] "the quality of being determined to do what you want and refusing to do anything else" https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/stubbornness https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/stubb... [2]: "the quality of being passive, where "passive" is defined as "not acting to influence or change a situation" https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/passive https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/passi... [3]: "a problem or fault in a part of the body or a machine" https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/dysfunction https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/dysfu...
- IncRnd 5y ago
  > Well, it was DIRECTLY followed by an assertion of intellectual laziness in the premise of the article, as your quote so helpfully shows. Perhaps if you were a bit less lazy you might have caught that? You're confused. Those were my words not words from the article. > Ah! An interesting assertion, considering that what you have repeatedly described as "an example of laziness" from the article could easily be described in another way, as my other reply to you hints at. For example, we could say it was "stubbornness" [1] or "passivity" [2] or even "dysfunction" [3] with as much justification as you use "laziness. Some lazy actions may also be stubborn actions. I'm sure that you know this. > So on what basis do you choose the one, and not another? Are you serious? The word is the subject of the article, and the given situation was an example from the article that shows the existence of laziness, which is in contradiction to the premise from the aricle that was apparently created in order to sell books.