Fermi–Dirac Distribution comments on Open EA Global

Fermi–Dirac Distribution 25 Sep 2022 3:19 UTC
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I’ve edited the homepage to be more accurate / to match the information on our FAQ page and admissions page to say:

”EA Global is designed for people who have a solid understanding of the main concepts of effective altruism, and who are making decisions and taking significant actions based on them.
From my understanding, this new description seems fairly misleading, given the following EA Forum comments:
From Zach Stein-Perlman:
Data point: in the three cases I know of, undergraduates with around 30–40 hours of engagement with EA ideas were accepted to EAG London 2022.
From Kevin Kuruc:
I can second the vibe of Zach’s ‘Data point’ comment. I know/met a few (<5 but I suspect more were there based on my sampling) students at EAG SF who had only recently engaged with EA ideas and had not (yet) taken any ‘significant action’ based on them.
From Lauren Maria:
I know first hand of someone being accepted after only learning about EA a month prior.