I donât think the Forumâs reaction to the HLI post has been âshut up and just be nice to everyone else on the teamâ, as Jasonâs response suggested.
I donât think mine suggests that either! In fact, my first bullet point has a similar sceptical prior to what you express in this comment[1] I also literally say âholding charity evaluators to account is important to both the EA mission and EAs identityâ, and point that I donât want to sacrifice epistemic rigour. In fact, one of my main points is that peopleâeven those disagreeing with HLI, are shutting up too much! I think disagreement without explanation is bad, and I salute the thorough critics on that post who have made their reasoning for putting HLI in âepistemic probationâ clear.
I donât suggest âsacrificing the truthâ. My position is that the truth on StrongMindâs efficacy is hard to get a strong signal on, and therefore HLI should have been more modest early on their history, instead of framing it as the most effective way to donate.
As for the question of whether HLI were âquasi-deliberately stacking the deckâ, well I was quite open that I think I am confused on where the truth is, and find it difficult to adjudicate what the correct takeway should be.
I donât think we really disagree that much, and I definitely agree that the HLI discussion should proceed transparently and EA has a lot to learn from the last year, including FTX. I think if you maybe re-read my Quick Take, Iâm not taking the position you think I am.
Hey Sol, some thoughts on this comment:
I donât think the Forumâs reaction to the HLI post has been âshut up and just be nice to everyone else on the teamâ, as Jasonâs response suggested.
I donât think mine suggests that either! In fact, my first bullet point has a similar sceptical prior to what you express in this comment[1] I also literally say âholding charity evaluators to account is important to both the EA mission and EAs identityâ, and point that I donât want to sacrifice epistemic rigour. In fact, one of my main points is that peopleâeven those disagreeing with HLI, are shutting up too much! I think disagreement without explanation is bad, and I salute the thorough critics on that post who have made their reasoning for putting HLI in âepistemic probationâ clear.
I donât suggest âsacrificing the truthâ. My position is that the truth on StrongMindâs efficacy is hard to get a strong signal on, and therefore HLI should have been more modest early on their history, instead of framing it as the most effective way to donate.
As for the question of whether HLI were âquasi-deliberately stacking the deckâ, well I was quite open that I think I am confused on where the truth is, and find it difficult to adjudicate what the correct takeway should be.
I donât think we really disagree that much, and I definitely agree that the HLI discussion should proceed transparently and EA has a lot to learn from the last year, including FTX. I think if you maybe re-read my Quick Take, Iâm not taking the position you think I am.
Thatâs my interpretation of course, please correct me if Iâve misunderstood