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Re:The good delusion: has effective altruism broken bad? by radu_floricica on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @01:12AM (#33619518)
Oh my god, it ENCOURAGES you to do something it believes is right and you don't. This is outright CRIMINAL. How do they dare do something so audacious?

Sorry for the cringe, but really - you're actually saying that encouraging people to do what they think is right is a problem? Especially when they've actually read the books, done the numbers, and all you have is a feeling that they may be wrong in some cases? I can't really argue with that except with caps lock and sarcasm.

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Re:The good delusion: has effective altruism broken bad? by astrange on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @05:15AM (#33620949)
“A feeling someone is wrong” can easily be more correct than “doing the numbers”.

Are eggplants fruits? Yes. Do you feel you should put them in a fruit cup? No.

This is called “the map is not the territory”.

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