If you can point out where I asked for “a Givewell style CEA” I might agree that it was an isolated demand for rigor.
I didn’t do that, however. Instead, I asked for an attempt to make the case that it could be better than GiveDirectly—I didn’t specify how one might make the case or any level of rigor at all.
What I was imagining was a basic back of the envelope sketch of how this intervention might be cost effective, which I don’t think OP provided.
The supposed motivation for the post was EA having a funding overhang—in that context asking how it compares to another intervention which can potentially absorb near limitless amounts of money without diminishing returns seems totally reasonable to me.
If you can point out where I asked for “a Givewell style CEA” I might agree that it was an isolated demand for rigor.
I didn’t do that, however. Instead, I asked for an attempt to make the case that it could be better than GiveDirectly—I didn’t specify how one might make the case or any level of rigor at all.
What I was imagining was a basic back of the envelope sketch of how this intervention might be cost effective, which I don’t think OP provided.
The supposed motivation for the post was EA having a funding overhang—in that context asking how it compares to another intervention which can potentially absorb near limitless amounts of money without diminishing returns seems totally reasonable to me.