I read this as having an implicit hypothesis—that your responsiveness didn’t necessarily mean that you followed through on going through the steps to take EA related actions? And, seeing a load of rationalist people and altruistic people in EA but not many other people, we can assume that they’re necessary conditions. So, perhaps you need more than just these traits, as there’s no extra responsiveness / motivation that’s reported if you have them according to these preliminary findings. (Does that sound right?)
Which I think might be less plausible than a simpler hypothesis e.g. rational/altruistic people are more likely to execute on and deliberate over new ideas once they’ve responded / been motivated by them. Or, something like: EA movement growth has found traction in communities of rationalist people for other reasons. Unless there’s some reasoning I’m missing?
I read this as having an implicit hypothesis—that your responsiveness didn’t necessarily mean that you followed through on going through the steps to take EA related actions? And, seeing a load of rationalist people and altruistic people in EA but not many other people, we can assume that they’re necessary conditions. So, perhaps you need more than just these traits, as there’s no extra responsiveness / motivation that’s reported if you have them according to these preliminary findings. (Does that sound right?)
Which I think might be less plausible than a simpler hypothesis e.g. rational/altruistic people are more likely to execute on and deliberate over new ideas once they’ve responded / been motivated by them. Or, something like: EA movement growth has found traction in communities of rationalist people for other reasons. Unless there’s some reasoning I’m missing?