There are a lot of professors out there, so "some" doesn't really mean much by itself. Tenure allows lazy to be lazy, perhaps, but 'most' are not lazy by any r

There are a lot of professors out there, so "some" doesn't really mean much by itself. Tenure allows lazy to be lazy, perhaps, but 'most' are not lazy by any reasonable standard. Tenure does allow tackling harder, more risky or non-normative research programs, which is probably a huge net positive