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Re:Effective altruism is not effective by solveit on Thursday April 15, 2021 @02:54AM (#26816942)
No, the burden of proof lies on the person claiming that something is "obvious".

And nitpicking the numbers is incredibly important if said nitpick happens to span orders of magnitude.

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Re:Effective altruism is not effective by cycomanic on Thursday April 15, 2021 @06:39AM (#26818697)
It does not fundamentally change the argument, so nitpicking does not change how valid an argument is.
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