I would ask the author of this post whether he cared if it turned out to be empirically true that an effective altruism strategy ended up doing more good in the

I would ask the author of this post whether he cared if it turned out to be empirically true that an effective altruism strategy ended up doing more good in the world than some control group strategy. Whether his theory is sound or not, would evidence to the contrary change his opinion? Because, it seems like this should be possible to test, if that matters.