โYou shouldnโt fund/โpatronise me or support my researchโ is probably a recommendation Iโd be loathe to make.
(Excluding cases where Iโm already funded well enough that marginal funding is not that helpful.)
Selflessly rejecting all funding because Iโm not the best bet for this particular project is probably something that Iโd be unwilling to do.
(But in practice, I expect that probabilistic reasoning would recommend funding me anyways. I think having enough confidence to justify not funding a plausible pathway is unlikely before itโs too late.)
But yeah, I think this is an example of where selfishness would be an issue.
In all fairness, I expect most people would be very reluctant to recommend that resources be directed away from the causes or organisations that give them status.
Having an aversion to โselfishnessโ might overcome this, but more likely it would just make them invent reasons why their organisation/โarea really is very important.
That sounds fair.
โYou shouldnโt fund/โpatronise me or support my researchโ is probably a recommendation Iโd be loathe to make. (Excluding cases where Iโm already funded well enough that marginal funding is not that helpful.)
Selflessly rejecting all funding because Iโm not the best bet for this particular project is probably something that Iโd be unwilling to do.
(But in practice, I expect that probabilistic reasoning would recommend funding me anyways. I think having enough confidence to justify not funding a plausible pathway is unlikely before itโs too late.)
But yeah, I think this is an example of where selfishness would be an issue.
Thanks for the reply!
In all fairness, I expect most people would be very reluctant to recommend that resources be directed away from the causes or organisations that give them status.
Having an aversion to โselfishnessโ might overcome this, but more likely it would just make them invent reasons why their organisation/โarea really is very important.