One-sided questions make more sense when there is an established position to question. If it had become a common point of view that we simply feel good about ETG, then it would make sense to seek out opposing views. But, to my knowledge, no one has made such a case for ETG before. Asking for people’s feelings about it is mainly a step into new territory. To the extent that gut feelings about ETG are implicitly circulated within EA, they seem to be generally negative, which means that specifically asking people for gut feelings in favor of ETG would make more sense.
A worldview gives specific reasons to support or oppose something, that’s different from feelings.
Knowing how ETGers actually feel about their work is different from generically asking how people feel about it. The former of course is useful evidence.
One-sided questions make more sense when there is an established position to question. If it had become a common point of view that we simply feel good about ETG, then it would make sense to seek out opposing views. But, to my knowledge, no one has made such a case for ETG before. Asking for people’s feelings about it is mainly a step into new territory. To the extent that gut feelings about ETG are implicitly circulated within EA, they seem to be generally negative, which means that specifically asking people for gut feelings in favor of ETG would make more sense.
A worldview gives specific reasons to support or oppose something, that’s different from feelings.
Knowing how ETGers actually feel about their work is different from generically asking how people feel about it. The former of course is useful evidence.