I think the far more important claim from the post (for an EA forum) is that the author says that Open Philanthropy is funding low-quality science, because they’re either doing a bad job of exercising oversight, or they’re intentionally producing disingenuous propaganda. Either of these options suggest they are not worthy of EA support.
You might not agree with this. I’m not sure I agree with this (except insofar as I agree with the author about the quality of the paper), but I don’t think it’s appropriate to just pass over it in silence.
I think the far more important claim from the post (for an EA forum) is that the author says that Open Philanthropy is funding low-quality science, because they’re either doing a bad job of exercising oversight, or they’re intentionally producing disingenuous propaganda. Either of these options suggest they are not worthy of EA support.
You might not agree with this. I’m not sure I agree with this (except insofar as I agree with the author about the quality of the paper), but I don’t think it’s appropriate to just pass over it in silence.