Re: 2, I don’t. I actually think they are more prone to it. I think funders, for this reason, should prioritise projects that sound unfun to work on because it’s less likely to have be proposed for non-impact reasons.
e.g. if choosing between funding two similar projects, one that sounds horribly boring to execute and another that sounds like a nerd’s wet dream, you should fund the former rather than the latter.
I’d read more EA forum posts if they had friendly illustrations.
But I don’t understand your point 1. What makes you think EAs are any less prone to motivated reasoning?
Re: 2, I don’t. I actually think they are more prone to it. I think funders, for this reason, should prioritise projects that sound unfun to work on because it’s less likely to have be proposed for non-impact reasons.
e.g. if choosing between funding two similar projects, one that sounds horribly boring to execute and another that sounds like a nerd’s wet dream, you should fund the former rather than the latter.
(apologies if I’ve misread your comment)
Got it. In that case either there’s a missing negative in your point 1 in the post, or there’s a word I misunderstood 😅
You were right! I typo’d—have fixed now, ty.