I believe selecting between cause areas is something that this epistemology may be insufficient for, and may need tweaking to work better. I don’t believe this because the methodology is flawed in principle. These methods work by relying on the work of others who know what they’re doing, which makes sense.
However, there seems to be few experts to ask for advice on selecting cause areas. I mean, that’s a peculiar problem I didn’t encounter in any form before effective altruism posed it. I imagine there’s not as much expert common sense, scientific literature, or experience to be learned from here. I imagine the United Nations, and governments of wealthy nations, have departments dedicated to answering these questions. Additionally, I thought of the Copenhagen Consensus. The CEA is in touch with the Copenhagen Consensus, correct?
I believe selecting between cause areas is something that this epistemology may be insufficient for, and may need tweaking to work better. I don’t believe this because the methodology is flawed in principle. These methods work by relying on the work of others who know what they’re doing, which makes sense.
However, there seems to be few experts to ask for advice on selecting cause areas. I mean, that’s a peculiar problem I didn’t encounter in any form before effective altruism posed it. I imagine there’s not as much expert common sense, scientific literature, or experience to be learned from here. I imagine the United Nations, and governments of wealthy nations, have departments dedicated to answering these questions. Additionally, I thought of the Copenhagen Consensus. The CEA is in touch with the Copenhagen Consensus, correct?