Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing Posted on July 5, 2012July 5, 2007 by admin “Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.” — Linus Torvalds Author: Linus Torvalds Category: intelligence Tags: intelligence, Linus Torvalds Spread the love Related posts: Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. The universe is an intelligence test. Wealth, in even the most improbable cases,