The EA space in general has fairly weak defenses against ideas that sound persuasive but don’t actually hold up to detailed scrutiny. An initiative like this, if implemented correctly, seems like a step in the right direction.
This is part of what we’re trying to do (in a particular part of the research space atm … empirical/quantitative social science). We are already evaluating/have evaluated some research coming out of EA/adjacent orgs. Hoping to do more of this and do it more systematically.
The EA space in general has fairly weak defenses against ideas that sound persuasive but don’t actually hold up to detailed scrutiny. An initiative like this, if implemented correctly, seems like a step in the right direction.
This is part of what we’re trying to do (in a particular part of the research space atm … empirical/quantitative social science). We are already evaluating/have evaluated some research coming out of EA/adjacent orgs. Hoping to do more of this and do it more systematically.