Re:Decades-Old Graph Problem Yields to Amateur Mathematician
by themeiguoren on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @09:45AM
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So my counter to that is that Givewell only recommends causes which have published evidence demonstrating their efficacy. It completely misses these more speculative “fat tail” causes, such as life extension or existential risk reduction.
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Re:Decades-Old Graph Problem Yields to Amateur Mathematician
by poppingtonic on Thursday April 19, 2018 @03:47AM
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Givewell's founders know this, which is why they spun off the Open Philanthropy Project: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-r...