Compare to this post about a similar specific issue
One difference is that the current post is about a concrete project that has a utilitarian justification and is being philanthropically funded. In some abstract sense it seems like this should be as on-topic as other object-level discussion.
Edit: What I originally thought this post would be about is dangers to cognition from climate change, which I think would be a slightly better fit.
I don’t disagree that people might be more interested in that, but it’s psychologically/sociologically interesting that it would be a better fit. It’s not clear what the relevant difference is.
Well, the upvotes are speaking for themselves! :-)
My point was that it’s not clear to me how it relates to doing ‘the most good’. If you had mentioned you want to have this research to influence public policy or to highlight it as an underappreciated risk of global warming, the connection would be less removed than very specific productivity advice (compared to very specific finance advice).
Fwiw, I really enjoy the more specific posts on the forum. I find them more valuable that the broader comments on the movement posts, and I think the usefulness of the forum would increase if more posts were like this one.
I generally appreciate your posts and comments, but I wonder whether the EA forum is the right forum for this particular one. It’s quite specific. Compare to this post about a similar specific issue and the top comment: http://effective-altruism.com/ea/sw/investment_opportunity_for_the_risk_neutral/
Edit: What I originally thought this post would be about is dangers to cognition from climate change, which I think would be a slightly better fit.
The paper also isn’t accessible.
Thanks for pointing that out.
One difference is that the current post is about a concrete project that has a utilitarian justification and is being philanthropically funded. In some abstract sense it seems like this should be as on-topic as other object-level discussion.
I don’t disagree that people might be more interested in that, but it’s psychologically/sociologically interesting that it would be a better fit. It’s not clear what the relevant difference is.
Thanks, linked to non-paywalled version.
Well, the upvotes are speaking for themselves! :-)
My point was that it’s not clear to me how it relates to doing ‘the most good’. If you had mentioned you want to have this research to influence public policy or to highlight it as an underappreciated risk of global warming, the connection would be less removed than very specific productivity advice (compared to very specific finance advice).
Fwiw, I really enjoy the more specific posts on the forum. I find them more valuable that the broader comments on the movement posts, and I think the usefulness of the forum would increase if more posts were like this one.