I agree strongly here re: GWWC. I think it is very odd that they endorse a charity without a clear public explanation of why the charity is effective which could satisfy a mildly skeptical outsider. This is a bar that this clearly does not reach in my opinion. They don’t need to have the same evidential requirements as Givewell, but the list of charities they recommend is sufficiently long that they should prefer to have a moderately high bar for charities to make that list.
To admit my priors here: I am very skeptical of Strong Minds effectiveness given the flimsiness of the public evidence, and Peter’s general skeptical prior about cool sounding interventions described below. I think people really want there to be a good “EA approved” mental health charity and this means evaluations are frequently much less cautious and careful than they should be.
I agree strongly here re: GWWC. I think it is very odd that they endorse a charity without a clear public explanation of why the charity is effective which could satisfy a mildly skeptical outsider. This is a bar that this clearly does not reach in my opinion. They don’t need to have the same evidential requirements as Givewell, but the list of charities they recommend is sufficiently long that they should prefer to have a moderately high bar for charities to make that list.
To admit my priors here: I am very skeptical of Strong Minds effectiveness given the flimsiness of the public evidence, and Peter’s general skeptical prior about cool sounding interventions described below. I think people really want there to be a good “EA approved” mental health charity and this means evaluations are frequently much less cautious and careful than they should be.