This feels less like a disagreement over what the word marginal means and more that you just disagree with people’s theory of impact and what they think the expected value of different actions are?
All the disagreements on worldview can be phrased correctly. Currently people use the word “marginal” to sneak in specific values and assumptions about what is effective.
Yeah, because then it would be a clear conversation. The tradeoffs that are currently obscured wouldn’t be hidden and the speculation would be unmasked.
This feels less like a disagreement over what the word marginal means and more that you just disagree with people’s theory of impact and what they think the expected value of different actions are?
No, it’s literally about what the word marginal means
All the disagreements on worldview can be phrased correctly. Currently people use the word “marginal” to sneak in specific values and assumptions about what is effective.
If people said all these things without the word marginal, would you be happy?
Yeah, because then it would be a clear conversation. The tradeoffs that are currently obscured wouldn’t be hidden and the speculation would be unmasked.