People instinctively tend toward solutions that consist of adding something rather than subtracting something, even if the subtraction would be superior. https://psyarxiv.com/4jkvn/ - Rolf Degen
Seems like it could be a case of trying to maintain some sort of standard of high fidelity with EA ideas? Avoid dilution in the community and of the term by not too eagerly labeling ideas as “EA”.
This seems like an important consideration with regard to the profusion of projects that people are starting in EA: https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1582476452141797378?s=20&t=pTbeJY5mXaf-54e0xxzz-A
Could you elaborate?
Seems like it could be a case of trying to maintain some sort of standard of high fidelity with EA ideas? Avoid dilution in the community and of the term by not too eagerly labeling ideas as “EA”.