# cognitive miser

> psychological tendency of people to think and solve problems in simpler and less effortful ways rather than in more sophisticated and more effortful ways, regardless of intelligence

**Wikidata**: [Q5141218](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5141218)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_miser)  
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