Hmm, I think the EA meaning is pretty similar to the evobio meaning.
I think that in EA, “founder effects” are when a new group (e.g. people interested in existential risk) is initialized by some unusual individuals, and it grows, leading the group to retain some of those peculiarities. It’s especially used for describing properties that arose from happenstance (e.g. they like Harry Potter), rather than expected differences (e.g. they like abstract thinking).
In evolutionary theory, they seem to be exclusively focused on the effects of randomly sub-sampling a population, but it’s basically the same idea.
Hmm, I think the EA meaning is pretty similar to the evobio meaning.
I think that in EA, “founder effects” are when a new group (e.g. people interested in existential risk) is initialized by some unusual individuals, and it grows, leading the group to retain some of those peculiarities. It’s especially used for describing properties that arose from happenstance (e.g. they like Harry Potter), rather than expected differences (e.g. they like abstract thinking).
In evolutionary theory, they seem to be exclusively focused on the effects of randomly sub-sampling a population, but it’s basically the same idea.
It’s also been used outside of genetics by others. I find the EA usage unproblematic.