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This is like "communism is good, it was just badly implemented". For a movement that prides itself on being evidence-based, there is a lot of evidence EA is wi
by throw_pm23 4y ago
This is like "communism is good, it was just badly implemented".
For a movement that prides itself on being evidence-based, there is a lot of evidence EA is willing to ignore.
- hahaxdxd123 4y agoIsn't effective altruism just max_a E[benefit to society | a]? I don't see how that can be discredited as a personal moral philosophy, even if you don't personally disagree with it. SBF and FTX fraud doesn't discredit that it's more cost effective to educate people in certain areas than others.
- throw_pm23 4y agoI discredit this philosophy because E[..] cannot be accurately estimated. So it should be P(no harm|a) > 1-eps before anything.