Did you read the first part of the post, on meanings of cause? I don’t disagree that that could be the best intervention cluster. But I think if we’re pursuing it, it should be for the right reasons—this will help us to make the correct decisions when new evidence comes to light.
I entirely agree that improving animal welfare could still beat improving human welfare. That’s exactly what I was saying in (vi).
I don’t “see other things in the vicinity such as targeting value improvements where it’s almost certain that at least one of them is better.” That’s where I was asking for better alternative subgoals to reaching value improvements.
I think we practically understand each other’s points now though. Thanks for the discussion and clarification.
Did you read the first part of the post, on meanings of cause? I don’t disagree that that could be the best intervention cluster. But I think if we’re pursuing it, it should be for the right reasons—this will help us to make the correct decisions when new evidence comes to light.
I entirely agree that improving animal welfare could still beat improving human welfare. That’s exactly what I was saying in (vi).
I don’t “see other things in the vicinity such as targeting value improvements where it’s almost certain that at least one of them is better.” That’s where I was asking for better alternative subgoals to reaching value improvements.
I think we practically understand each other’s points now though. Thanks for the discussion and clarification.