Efficient
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- In particular, Scott is smart enough to know that shooting a person is far more efficient than just simply leaving them in an overly elaborate Death Trap.
Source: Like Father, Unlike Son -
He then reveals that he is capable of being smart, but that he just happens to live in a world where punching things is the quickest and most efficient solution to your problems.
Source: When All You Have Is a Hammer -
In the Star Wars Expanded Universe novel Death Star, we learn that part of the reason why Grand Moff Tarkin loves Admiral Daala is that he's always wanted someone smart and ruthless and efficient enough to keep apace with him.
Source: Pair the Smart Ones
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