That’s valid—I do not have a brain scanner so cannot reliably distinguish someone who merely went through the motions to vote for opera vs. someone who seriously considered the world’s most pressing problems and honestly decided that opera was at the top of the list.
In theory, EA principles are cause-neutral, so one could apply them to the belief that the greatest good is introducing people to the Flying Spaghetti Monster and being touched by his noodle-y appendage. And I guess I want opera people to do opera as effectively as possible (my hesitation is based on lack of clarity on what that even means in the opera context)? I’m just not interested in funding either of those, nor am I interested in providing strong incentives for people with those goals to join the existing EA community in significant numbers. They are welcome to start the Effective Opera or Effective FSM movements, though!
That’s valid—I do not have a brain scanner so cannot reliably distinguish someone who merely went through the motions to vote for opera vs. someone who seriously considered the world’s most pressing problems and honestly decided that opera was at the top of the list.
In theory, EA principles are cause-neutral, so one could apply them to the belief that the greatest good is introducing people to the Flying Spaghetti Monster and being touched by his noodle-y appendage. And I guess I want opera people to do opera as effectively as possible (my hesitation is based on lack of clarity on what that even means in the opera context)? I’m just not interested in funding either of those, nor am I interested in providing strong incentives for people with those goals to join the existing EA community in significant numbers. They are welcome to start the Effective Opera or Effective FSM movements, though!