Oh, sorry—the first quote was very unclear. I meant that in EA attending a protest would presumably also become more invested in it like people in the Tea Party study. That could be a point against climate action, as you say, but if I already felt, say, open borders was the most important cause and I went to a protest for that, it would deepen my investment.
Oh, sorry—the first quote was very unclear. I meant that in EA attending a protest would presumably also become more invested in it like people in the Tea Party study. That could be a point against climate action, as you say, but if I already felt, say, open borders was the most important cause and I went to a protest for that, it would deepen my investment.
OK, I understand now. I think that there is a huge difference between:
1) Spending 4 person-hours on activity X will change the outside world to produce Y QALYs.
2) Spending 4 person-hours on activity X will lead you to spend 40 person-hours to produce Y QALYs
If I don’t think Y QALYs/40 hours is cost-effective enough to want to pursue, then I don’t want to do 2), even if Y/4 hours would be enough.