“‘I will always choose a lazy person to do a hard job, because he will find an easy way to do it.’ – Bill Gates”
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Claim dated 28 Mar 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
There is no evidence to show that this statement about choosing a lazy person for a hard job was made by Bill Gates. Similar statements about choosing a lazy person were at least available since 1920
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 28 March 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 15 April 2022, 18 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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