First instinctive intuitive reaction—because it is not so easy, not so obvious how to measure, evaluate, quantify.
I actually posted a few days ago—https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/xNyd8SuTzsScXc7KB/measuring-impact-ea-bias-towards-numbers—I made a hypothesis (based on own observations and face-to-face conversations) that there is a bias towards easily quantifiable projects.
First instinctive intuitive reaction—because it is not so easy, not so obvious how to measure, evaluate, quantify.
I actually posted a few days ago—https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/xNyd8SuTzsScXc7KB/measuring-impact-ea-bias-towards-numbers—I made a hypothesis (based on own observations and face-to-face conversations) that there is a bias towards easily quantifiable projects.