Re:The good delusion: has effective altruism broken bad?
by maximus-decimus on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @09:39AM
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cancer research will give benefits forever once a solution is found whereas mosquito nets will get worn out and so are only a temporary fix. Cancer cure also scales to more people eventually. Worse, how much is your donation contributing to cancer research? You just can't quantify that.
The whole concept just seems to assume you know everything, present and future, and have infinite calculation power.
The whole concept just seems to assume you know everything, present and future, and have infinite calculation power.