It’s not necessary that it would be a bad idea. It’s just that there’s two different ways to run this competition and I think that the way OpenPhilanthropy is doing it is fine and there’s no need to push them to change.
On the other hand, it also make sense for them to attempt to set up another competition afterward that attempts to form more of a consensus on this issue.
It’d be nice if some of the people who disagree voted here could say why they think using outside judges would be a bad idea.
It’s not necessary that it would be a bad idea. It’s just that there’s two different ways to run this competition and I think that the way OpenPhilanthropy is doing it is fine and there’s no need to push them to change.
On the other hand, it also make sense for them to attempt to set up another competition afterward that attempts to form more of a consensus on this issue.