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If this article represents the quality of thinking behind EA, then it’s no wonder it fell apart. “safetyism, a malicious pathology“, “Irrational feminized colle
by skywhopper 3y ago
If this article represents the quality of thinking behind EA, then it’s no wonder it fell apart. “safetyism, a malicious pathology“, “Irrational feminized college students”??
- lelandfe 3y agoI thought it especially interesting that the “Centre For Effective Altruism flew in world-class autists”
- neltnerb 3y agoI assumed that one was a typo for altruists, but given the other bizarre phrase selection maybe not. The best part to me is the only person I've had make good arguments for EA in person is female. And she was supporting the analytical quantitative scientific argument and data driven process, so it seems that some "masculized college students" maybe were the problem.
- riwsky 3y agoOne is reminded of how the percentage of women in symphony orchestras shot way up once they started doing blind auditions