How about unconscientiousness? Is it intelligent to be that?
http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/unconscientious

Not sure. The definition for that is entirely outside of what psychologists mean by conscientious (taking care to work hard, follow rules and directions, carefulness, tidiness, etc.).

Been getting back in to advanced math after being away from it since college (15+ years). Enjoying it immensely.

I had a dream last night where I was able to prove that:

0^0 = .5 +/- .5

I can't remember the last time I had a dream like that.

That's somewhat confusing, in that case. It seems to me that your description of how an unconscientious person thinks (if that's what it was):

is more in keeping with the non-psychological definition.

It was from the thesaurus:

"arrant, base, casuistic, conscienceless, corrupt, crafty, crooked, deceitful, degraded, degrading, disgraceful, dishonest, dishonorable, exploitative, illegal, improper, low-down, mercenary, perfidious, petty, questionable, recreant, ruthless, scandalous, scheming, self-seeking, selfish, shady, shameless, shifty, sinister, slippery, sly, two-faced, unconscientious, unconscionable, underhand, underhanded, unethical, unfair, unprincipled, unworthy, venal, wicked, wrongful"

The psych definition of not being conscientious would be more along the lines of disliking routine, being easy going, doesn't get a hard-on over following directions, aiming in the general direction of just good enough, not ambitious.

Other than the weird ones who are also neurotic, they aren't bothered by this, so empathy for them is just misplaced and awkward.

Little-known TwoPlusTwo fact: In college, Zeno was known as Super Moon due to his predilection for wearing a cape when flashing the local populace.

In an exclusive interview, his mother, Mrs. Zeno stated, "Well, I just don't know about that boy."

This is the same Dictionary.com definition for conscientious.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/unconscientious
con-sci-en-tious
adjective
1. governed by conscience; controlled by or done according to one's inner sense of what is right; principled:
She's a conscientious judge, who does not let personal prejudices influence her decisions.

2. careful and painstaking; particular; meticulous; scrupulous:
conscientious application to the work at hand.
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I find it strange they don't have the 2nd definition shown as the primary. It's the only way I've ever heard the word used.

In plaaynde's Dictionary.com thesaurus link for unconscientious they are giving synonyms for the opposite of the 1st definition of conscientious above. They explicitly give the brief definition for the word as "immoral". imo, the more common use of the word unconscientious would be as an antonym for careful, painstaking, particular, or meticulous. (don't see how scrupulous belongs). Maybe an American/British thing?



http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/unconscientious

Synonyms for unconscientious

adj immoral


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PairTheBoard

I don't think so. It's probably the only way I've heard the word used. I don't see all that much difference between the two, however. If a lackadaisical attitude is detrimental to others then that is entering the realms of immorality.

Welcome to linguistics.

The context that comes to my mind is, "he's a conscientious worker". So he can be relied on to get the job done and to do it right. Opposite of that might be, "he's unreliable and a shoddy workman". Doing a poor job might be detrimental to others but it seems a stretch to call it immoral. You might judge it so under some circumstances but that seems secondary. Not something inherent to the attribute of being a goof off.


PairTheBoard

The cape was yellow. My sneakers were red. So now you all know two more facts. Use them well. That's what conscientious people do.

Vitamin K deficiency. Eat more kale.

Does everyone like the smell of their own farts?

Literally, no. Figuratively, yes.

Not to me, it doesn't. If someone pays me to do something and I don't do it right, I consider that to be immoral.

You do have a point.

I've had to fire more people who enjoy working in an orderly fashion, who like following procedures and who turn their reports in fully filled out and on time than people who just do only what actually needs done and occasionally get yelled at for cutting corners.

Why's that?

Obviously it admits degrees. Criminal negligence is an extreme, for example.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_negligence

Because they underperformed in what mattered for the job.

Hardly likely to be charged with criminal negligence for failing to turn in that properly formatted TPS report in triplicate.

Doing the job right doesn't mean being overzealous.

Often those who insist on following all the rules to the letter are taking the piss - and sometimes not in a good way.

Aha, there were other factors.

Have you also fired more men than women?

They underperformed because the job wasn't ideal for someone who was conscientious.

I dislike them less than the smell of other people's. The strange thing is that my own farts make me sneeze. Other people's not so much.


PairTheBoard

It's got to be purely psychological right? I smell an experiment!

If we filled five balloons with five seperate farts, four from each of your friends and one from you, mixed them up and you sniffed each randomly, would you always rank your own least unpleasant?

Most people enjoy the sight of their own handwriting as they enjoy the smell of their own farts.

― W.H. Auden



PS> What-Is-The-Chemical-Composition-Of-Farts

No wonder you fired them.

At least we have established that not every job is ideal for the conscientious.