Research methods

TagLast edit: Jul 14, 2022, 5:50 PM by Leo

Use the research methods tag for posts about how to conduct better research.

The tag can also be used for posts that present their research in such an exemplary way that a reader could learn about effective research methods simply by reading them.

For posts about improving research methods done in science, use the meta-science tag.

Ingredients for creating disruptive research teams

stefan.torgesMay 16, 2019, 4:23 PM

159 points

17 comments54 min readEA link

Feedback I’ve been giving to junior x-risk researchers

Will AldredAug 15, 2022, 8:46 PM

145 points

2 comments5 min readEA link

Our research process: an overview from Rethink Priorities’ Global Health and Development team

Rethink PrioritiesMar 20, 2023, 5:02 PM

63 points

12 comments6 min readEA link

How to do theoretical research, a personal perspective

Mark XuAug 19, 2022, 7:43 PM

132 points

7 comments15 min readEA link

Frank Feedback Given To Very Junior Researchers

NunoSempereSep 1, 2021, 10:55 AM

158 points

23 comments5 min readEA link

Useful Vices for Wicked Problems

Holden KarnofskyApr 12, 2022, 7:19 PM

115 points

3 comments16 min readEA link

How to generate research proposals

Jaime SevillaAug 1, 2019, 4:38 PM

164 points

7 comments8 min readEA link

Karolina Sarek: How to do research that matters

EA GlobalJul 27, 2020, 2:55 PM

43 points

0 comments16 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Some readings & notes on how to do high-quality, efficient research

MichaelA🔸Nov 17, 2021, 5:01 PM

76 points

1 comment8 min readEA link

Tips for conducting worldview investigations

lukeprogApr 12, 2022, 7:28 PM

88 points

4 comments2 min readEA link

What complexity science and simulation have to offer effective altruism

Rory GreigJun 8, 2021, 9:50 AM

64 points

15 comments22 min readEA link

How to succeed as an early-stage researcher: the “lean startup” approach

tsSep 7, 2021, 11:19 AM

187 points

31 comments8 min readEA link

The case for building more and better epistemic institutions in the effective altruism community

stefan.torgesMar 29, 2020, 5:01 PM

131 points

22 comments6 min readEA link

The Importance of Time Capping

Joey🔸Dec 28, 2018, 5:02 PM

72 points

4 comments3 min readEA link

How to evaluate relative impact in high-uncertainty contexts? An update on research methodology & grantmaking of FP Climate

jackvaMay 26, 2023, 5:30 PM

84 points

8 comments16 min readEA link

Tentative practical tips for using chatbots in research

Erich_Grunewald 🔸Mar 29, 2023, 3:01 PM

48 points

7 comments5 min readEA link

[Part 1] Amplifying generalist research via forecasting – models of impact and challenges

terraformDec 19, 2019, 6:16 PM

60 points

2 comments17 min readEA link

Deference for Bayesians

John G. HalsteadFeb 13, 2021, 12:33 PM

101 points

30 comments7 min readEA link

Finding and managing literature on EA topics

kastrelNov 13, 2017, 4:55 PM

34 points

9 comments11 min readEA link

Why EAs researching mainstream topics can be useful

MichaelA🔸Jun 13, 2021, 10:14 AM

37 points

5 comments14 min readEA link

Using Subjective Well-Being to Estimate the Moral Weights of Averting Deaths and Reducing Poverty

MichaelPlantAug 3, 2020, 4:17 PM

98 points

8 comments35 min readEA link

Nuclear risk research ideas: Summary & introduction

MichaelA🔸Apr 8, 2022, 11:17 AM

103 points

4 comments7 min readEA link

12 research aphorisms nobody asked for and yet

MirNov 7, 2023, 9:50 PM

1 point

0 comments3 min readEA link

Learning By Writing

Holden KarnofskyFeb 22, 2022, 3:39 PM

148 points

12 comments10 min readEA link

Type Checking GiveWell’s GiveDirectly Cost Effective Analysis

SamNolanJun 23, 2021, 6:35 AM

109 points

2 comments6 min readEA link

Exploring Existential Risk—using Connected Papers to find Effective Altruism aligned articles and researchers

Maris SalaJun 23, 2021, 5:03 PM

52 points

5 comments6 min readEA link

AMA: Owen Cotton-Barratt, RSP Director

Owen Cotton-BarrattAug 28, 2020, 2:20 PM

77 points

80 comments1 min readEA link

Diagnosing EA Research- Are stakeholder-engaged methods the solution?

Jack_SJan 27, 2023, 2:38 PM

28 points

0 comments18 min readEA link

EA needs consultancies

lukeprogJun 28, 2021, 3:18 PM

240 points

88 comments8 min readEA link

[Question] Tools/methods for finding most pivotal unjournal-worthy research

david_reinsteinApr 23, 2022, 1:10 AM

10 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

[Question] How do you approach hard problems?

Dawn DrescherJan 4, 2021, 2:00 PM

13 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

[Question] How would you define “disentanglement research”?

nonzerosumJun 22, 2019, 2:13 AM

15 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] How to work with self-consciousness?

Dawn DrescherFeb 3, 2021, 6:53 PM

25 points

3 comments8 min readEA link

Mitch Riley: A/B testing foreign aid

EA GlobalOct 26, 2018, 8:35 AM

9 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Sequence thinking vs. cluster thinking

GiveWellJul 25, 2016, 10:43 AM

17 points

0 comments28 min readEA link

(blog.givewell.org)

Vikash Mansinghka: AI-assisted data analysis for humanitarian causes

EA GlobalJun 2, 2017, 8:48 AM

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

[Question] Does Qualitative Research improve drastically with increasing expertise?

EdoAradDec 5, 2020, 6:28 PM

17 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Doing Good Badly? - Michael Plant’s thesis, Chapters 5,6 on Cause Prioritization

EdoAradMar 4, 2021, 4:57 PM

75 points

16 comments7 min readEA link

CE: Rigorously prioritizing the top health security (biosecurity) ideas

CEJun 30, 2023, 1:25 PM

69 points

15 comments8 min readEA link

EA movement building: Should you run an experiment?

Jamie_HarrisOct 5, 2021, 3:42 PM

41 points

3 comments8 min readEA link

(www.animaladvocacycareers.org)

The Comparability of Subjective Scales

MichaelPlantNov 30, 2020, 4:47 PM

79 points

9 comments4 min readEA link

Evidence on good forecasting practices from the Good Judgment Project: an accompanying blog post

kokotajlodFeb 15, 2019, 7:14 PM

79 points

14 comments21 min readEA link

Learnings about literature review strategy from research practice sessions

LintzANov 20, 2020, 8:35 AM

81 points

6 comments4 min readEA link

What I learned from working at GiveWell

Ben KuhnFeb 22, 2021, 6:31 AM

55 points

1 comment7 min readEA link

(www.benkuhn.net)

Introducing the Principles of Intelligent Behaviour in Biological and Social Systems (PIBBSS) Fellowship

adamShimiDec 18, 2021, 3:25 PM

37 points

5 comments10 min readEA link

Learning to ask action-relevant questions

Ronja_LutzDec 28, 2019, 7:26 PM

34 points

8 comments7 min readEA link

Nuclear risk, its potential long-term impacts, & doing research on that: An introductory talk

MichaelA🔸Apr 10, 2023, 3:26 PM

50 points

2 comments3 min readEA link

Notes on EA-related research, writing, testing fit, learning, and the Forum

MichaelA🔸Mar 27, 2021, 9:52 AM

98 points

10 comments5 min readEA link

Research project idea: Climate, agricultural, and famine effects of nuclear conflict

MichaelA🔸Apr 15, 2023, 2:35 PM

17 points

2 comments4 min readEA link

Research project idea: Technological developments that could increase risks from nuclear weapons

MichaelA🔸Apr 15, 2023, 2:28 PM

17 points

0 comments7 min readEA link

Research project idea: Intermediate goals for nuclear risk reduction

MichaelA🔸Apr 15, 2023, 2:25 PM

24 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

Welfare Footprint Project—a blueprint for quantifying animal pain

MichaelStJulesJun 26, 2021, 8:05 PM

74 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

Research exercise: 5-minute inside view on how to reduce risk of nuclear war

EmrikOct 23, 2022, 12:42 PM

16 points

2 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] What are the best journals to publish AI governance papers in?

CaroMay 2, 2022, 10:07 AM

26 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Why scientific research is less effective in producing value than it could be: a mapping

C TilliJun 14, 2021, 8:24 AM

109 points

33 comments19 min readEA link

Eva Vivalt: Global poverty II

EA GlobalAug 28, 2015, 8:37 AM

6 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

How We Think about Expected Impact in Climate Philanthropy

jackvaNov 28, 2023, 7:02 PM

39 points

8 comments25 min readEA link

[Question] What are some research resources that you have found particularly helpful?

michelOct 6, 2021, 4:00 PM

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Lessons learned running the Survey on AI existential risk scenarios

Sam ClarkeOct 13, 2021, 11:33 AM

69 points

11 comments7 min readEA link

“Pivotal questions”: an Unjournal trial initiative

david_reinsteinJul 21, 2024, 4:57 PM

48 points

2 comments7 min readEA link

Deliberate practice for research?

Alex_AltairOct 8, 2022, 3:45 AM

19 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Improving the EA-aligned research pipeline: Sequence introduction

MichaelA🔸May 11, 2021, 5:57 PM

63 points

10 comments3 min readEA link

Announcing the Distillation for Alignment Practicum (DAP)

Jonas HallgrenAug 18, 2022, 10:31 PM

20 points

2 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Is there a calibration training tool for ‘percentile rankings from a reference group’?

david_reinsteinSep 14, 2024, 9:55 PM

8 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

RCTs in Development Economics, Their Critics and Their Evolution (Ogden, 2020) [linkpost]

KarolinaSarek🔸Apr 6, 2021, 12:29 PM

78 points

5 comments12 min readEA link

Some heuristics I use for deciding how much I trust scientific results

Nathan_BarnardJan 18, 2024, 2:50 AM

74 points

6 comments5 min readEA link

Luisa Rodriguez: How to do empirical cause prioritization research

EA GlobalNov 21, 2020, 8:12 AM

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

How much should governments pay to prevent catastrophes? Longtermism’s limited role

EJTMar 19, 2023, 4:50 PM

258 points

35 comments35 min readEA link

(philpapers.org)

What’s wrong with the EA-aligned research pipeline?

MichaelA🔸May 14, 2021, 6:38 PM

70 points

21 comments7 min readEA link

Cliffnotes to Craft of Research parts I, II, and III

quinnJun 26, 2021, 2:04 PM

16 points

0 comments17 min readEA link

Open, rigorous and reproducible research: A practitioner’s handbook

Eevee🔹Jun 24, 2021, 9:20 PM

20 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(stanforddatascience.github.io)

The FDA demanded my employer bury inconvenient clinical trial data. What should I do?

Throwaway641Apr 15, 2022, 12:47 PM

139 points

13 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] Do research organisations make theory of change diagrams? Should they?

MichaelA🔸Jul 22, 2020, 4:58 AM

52 points

28 comments1 min readEA link

“Nuclear risk research, forecasting, & impact” [presentation]

MichaelA🔸Oct 21, 2021, 10:54 AM

20 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Chris Blattman on the chaotic nature of running surveys

Aaron Gertler 🔸Feb 20, 2022, 10:27 AM

32 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

(chrisblattman.com)

Intervention options for improving the EA-aligned research pipeline

MichaelA🔸May 28, 2021, 2:26 PM

49 points

27 comments12 min readEA link

Are you working on a research agenda? A guide to increasing the impact of your research by involving decision-makers

KarolinaSarek🔸Sep 24, 2019, 11:00 AM

70 points

3 comments5 min readEA link

Michael Kremer: How much evidence is enough?

EA GlobalAug 5, 2016, 9:19 AM

8 points

0 comments15 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Distillation and research debt

LizkaMar 15, 2022, 11:45 AM

69 points

7 comments3 min readEA link

(distill.pub)

[Question] As an independent researcher, how do you stay or become motivated, productive, and impactful?

LinchFeb 17, 2022, 7:00 PM

27 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Why is “Argument Mapping” Not More Common in EA/Rationality (And What Objections Should I Address in a Post on the Topic?)

Marcel DDec 23, 2022, 9:55 PM

15 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Rethink Priorities Impact Survey

Neil_Dullaghan🔹 Nov 21, 2019, 7:20 PM

54 points

2 comments9 min readEA link

Concrete Advice for Forming Inside Views on AI Safety

Neel NandaAug 17, 2022, 11:26 PM

58 points

4 comments10 min readEA link

(www.alignmentforum.org)

Tara Mac Aulay, Julia Galef, Sarah Constantin, and Heidi McAnnally-Linz: Aggregating knowledge

EA GlobalAug 5, 2016, 9:19 AM

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

A Bayesian framework for interpreting impact evaluations

LizkaApr 28, 2022, 12:27 PM

23 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

Solving the replication crisis (FTX proposal)

Michael_WiebeApr 25, 2022, 9:04 PM

86 points

19 comments4 min readEA link

[Part 2] Amplifying generalist research via forecasting – results from a preliminary exploration

terraformDec 19, 2019, 4:36 PM

32 points

1 comment14 min readEA link

Stefan Torges: Ingredients for building disruptive research teams

EA GlobalOct 18, 2019, 8:23 AM

8 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Introducing Animal Advocacy Africa

AnimalAdvocacyAfricaDec 7, 2020, 4:11 PM

118 points

11 comments6 min readEA link

AI Governance: Opportunity and Theory of Impact

Allan DafoeSep 17, 2020, 6:30 AM

262 points

19 comments12 min readEA link

A case for strategy research: what it is and why we need more of it

SiebeRozendalJun 20, 2019, 8:18 PM

70 points

8 comments20 min readEA link

[Question] How to get up to speed on a new field of research?

Dawn DrescherMar 1, 2021, 12:36 AM

23 points

2 comments3 min readEA link

Should marginal longtermist donations support fundamental or intervention research?

MichaelA🔸Nov 30, 2020, 1:10 AM

43 points

4 comments15 min readEA link

[Question] How valueable are external reviews?

aaron_maiOct 1, 2022, 9:01 AM

14 points

11 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] As an independent researcher, what are the biggest bottlenecks (if any) to your motivation, productivity, or impact?

LinchFeb 17, 2022, 7:32 PM

47 points

14 comments1 min readEA link

Julia Galef, Stuart Buck, Brian Nosek, Ivan Oransky, and Stephanie Wykstra: The replication crisis

EA GlobalAug 5, 2016, 9:19 AM

10 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Want To Be An Expert? Build Deep Models

lynettebyeDec 4, 2021, 10:20 PM

70 points

5 comments18 min readEA link

Review of FHI’s Summer Research Fellowship 2020

rosehadsharNov 19, 2020, 11:32 AM

124 points

2 comments21 min readEA link

[Question] Should surveys about the quality/impact of research outputs be more common?

MichaelA🔸Sep 8, 2020, 9:10 AM

22 points

8 comments1 min readEA link

Some advice on independent research

mariushobbhahnNov 8, 2022, 2:46 PM

65 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

My experience on a summer research programme

Jaime SevillaSep 22, 2019, 9:54 AM

50 points

6 comments6 min readEA link

When To Find More Information: A Short Explanation

DavidmanheimDec 28, 2019, 6:00 PM

77 points

14 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] How do you stay emotionally motivated while working on highly specific problems?

Dawn DrescherMay 2, 2021, 2:22 PM

18 points

3 comments4 min readEA link

Interested in EA/longtermist research careers? Here are my top recommended resources

MichaelA🔸Jun 26, 2022, 5:13 PM

112 points

3 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] How do you balance reading and thinking?

Dawn DrescherJan 17, 2021, 1:47 PM

28 points

5 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Does “calibrated probability assessment” training work?

TynerJul 6, 2022, 10:06 PM

14 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Common Points of Advice for Students and Early-Career Professionals Interested in Global Catastrophic Risk

SethBaumNov 16, 2021, 8:51 PM

60 points

5 comments15 min readEA link

Reasoning Transparency

LizkaSep 28, 2022, 12:22 PM

117 points

8 comments17 min readEA link

(www.openphilanthropy.org)

EA Market Testing

david_reinsteinSep 30, 2021, 3:17 PM

81 points

23 comments9 min readEA link

How to use AI speech transcription and analysis to accelerate social science research

Alexander SaeriJan 31, 2023, 4:01 AM

39 points

6 comments11 min readEA link

Features that make a report especially helpful to me

lukeprogApr 12, 2022, 1:57 PM

107 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

Counterfactual catastrophes

FJehnNov 20, 2024, 7:12 PM

14 points

1 comment8 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

doebem’s Research Methodology for Evaluating Donation Opportunities

Luan PacienciaAug 2, 2024, 7:27 PM

16 points

0 comments6 min readEA link

Health and happiness research topics—Part 3: The sHALY: Developing subjective wellbeing-based health metrics

DerekDec 30, 2020, 3:27 PM

38 points

2 comments42 min readEA link

New research plans from The Humane League Labs

samaramendezJan 30, 2020, 7:34 PM

20 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(thehumaneleague.org)

[Link] Research as a Stochastic Decision Process

arikrSep 10, 2019, 10:25 PM

33 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

We interviewed 15 China-focused researchers on how to do good research

gabriel_wagnerDec 19, 2022, 7:08 PM

49 points

4 comments23 min readEA link

What do DALYs capture?

Danae_ArroyosSep 20, 2017, 9:18 PM

15 points

10 comments11 min readEA link

Proposed methodology for leafleting study

Alex_BarryFeb 6, 2017, 2:41 PM

7 points

17 comments11 min readEA link

‘Force multipliers’ for EA research

Craig DraytonJun 18, 2022, 1:39 PM

18 points

7 comments4 min readEA link

Some reflections on testing fit for research

rosehadsharFeb 21, 2022, 9:53 AM

64 points

6 comments13 min readEA link

Proposal: alternative to traditional academic journals for EA-relevant research (multi-link post)

david_reinsteinNov 3, 2021, 8:16 PM

28 points

9 comments3 min readEA link

Roy Head: How to put your own charity to the test

EA GlobalJul 2, 2020, 2:31 PM

16 points

0 comments11 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Guesstimate Algorithm for Medical Research

ElizabethSep 22, 2022, 9:40 PM

37 points

2 comments7 min readEA link

(acesounderglass.com)

Objections and Concerns About Our New Direction

Holden KarnofskyJun 22, 2012, 3:59 PM

2 points

0 comments7 min readEA link

(www.openphilanthropy.org)

A review of two books on survey-making

NunoSempereMar 1, 2020, 7:11 PM

39 points

0 comments12 min readEA link

Using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk for Animal Advocacy Studies: Opportunities and Challenges

Peter WildefordAug 2, 2016, 7:24 PM

26 points

3 comments15 min readEA link

An Effective Altruist Message Test

Michael_SApr 1, 2017, 2:45 PM

17 points

20 comments4 min readEA link

Measuring Change in Diet for Animal Advocacy

Jacob_PeacockNov 9, 2018, 8:21 PM

9 points

2 comments11 min readEA link

Four components of strategy research

MichaelA🔸Jan 30, 2020, 7:08 PM

26 points

8 comments5 min readEA link

Narration: Improving the EA-aligned research pipeline: Sequence introduction

D0TheMathJul 27, 2021, 12:56 AM

3 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(anchor.fm)

[Question] Are you allocated optimally in your own estimation?

EmrikAug 20, 2022, 9:19 PM

28 points

8 comments1 min readEA link

Thoughts on the Reducetarian Labs MTurk Study

Peter WildefordDec 2, 2016, 5:12 PM

15 points

10 comments10 min readEA link

A Prototype Application for allocating people to Effective Projects

SamNolanAug 22, 2021, 7:51 AM

19 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Heuristics for making theoretical progress (in philosophy) from Alan Hajek (ANU)

aaron_maiSep 29, 2022, 11:24 AM

10 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

(citeseerx.ist.psu.edu)

Why We Sleep — a tale of institutional failure

yhoisethMar 27, 2020, 1:53 PM

28 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

The Importance of Committing to Causes

Holden KarnofskyMay 14, 2014, 12:41 PM

10 points

0 comments9 min readEA link

(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Charity Entrepreneurship’s 2020 research plans

KarolinaSarek🔸Apr 3, 2020, 3:33 AM

55 points

3 comments7 min readEA link

Health and happiness research topics—Part 1: Background on QALYs and DALYs

DerekDec 9, 2020, 12:38 AM

126 points

8 comments61 min readEA link

Maha Rehman on working with governments to rapidly deliver masks to millions of people

80000_HoursOct 25, 2021, 3:15 PM

11 points

0 comments80 min readEA link

Animal Equality showed that advocating for diet change works. But is it cost-effective?

Peter WildefordJun 7, 2018, 4:06 AM

28 points

22 comments26 min readEA link

Analysis: Which animal products cause the most animal suffering and deaths in the United States?

Casey RiordanSep 16, 2020, 6:38 PM

65 points

8 comments11 min readEA link

[Question] How do people do remote research collaborations effectively?

KriegerNov 16, 2022, 11:52 AM

9 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] How do EA researchers decide on which topics to write on, and how much time to spend on it?

BrianTanDec 31, 2020, 2:33 PM

24 points

5 comments2 min readEA link

GiveWell should fund an SMC replication

Seth Ariel Green 🔸Oct 28, 2022, 12:31 PM

90 points

17 comments5 min readEA link

Health and happiness research topics—Part 2: The HALY+: Improving preference-based health metrics

DerekJan 3, 2021, 3:08 PM

56 points

3 comments73 min readEA link

Beliefs About Chickens & Fish And Their Relationship To Animal-Positive Behaviors

Casey RiordanNov 11, 2020, 5:04 PM

11 points

0 comments8 min readEA link

Proposal for an Pre-registered Experiment in EA Outreach

LinchJan 8, 2017, 10:19 AM

11 points

9 comments2 min readEA link

How you can contribute to the broader EA research project

Robert_WiblinFeb 17, 2016, 9:23 AM

14 points

5 comments3 min readEA link

EA Survey 2017 Series: Distribution and Analysis Methodology

TeeAug 29, 2017, 6:31 PM

6 points

9 comments6 min readEA link

The applicability of transsentientist critical path analysis

Peter SøllingAug 11, 2020, 11:26 AM

0 points

2 comments32 min readEA link

(www.optimalaltruism.com)

Disability Weights

Jeff Kaufman 🔸Sep 11, 2014, 9:34 PM

12 points

23 comments8 min readEA link

[Link] Against “Why We Sleep” (Guzey)

Milan GriffesNov 15, 2019, 9:15 PM

18 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Research Deprioritizing External Communication

Jeff Kaufman 🔸Oct 6, 2022, 12:20 PM

89 points

26 comments8 min readEA link

(www.jefftk.com)

An Exercise in Speed-Reading: The National Security Commission on AI (NSCAI) Final Report

abiolveraAug 17, 2022, 4:55 PM

47 points

4 comments12 min readEA link

Dan Brown: Understanding the gaps between academia and policymaking

EA GlobalJun 25, 2020, 8:48 AM

14 points

0 comments18 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

[Question] Sample size and clustering advice needed

brb243Jul 29, 2020, 2:21 PM

15 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What “pivotal” and useful research … would you like to see assessed? (Bounty for suggestions)

david_reinsteinApr 28, 2022, 3:49 PM

37 points

21 comments7 min readEA link

LW4EA: Paper-Reading for Gears

JeremyMar 14, 2022, 5:26 PM

18 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

(www.lesswrong.com)

Investigating the scope of consumer-initiated genetic testing in the US

37aaronApr 29, 2022, 8:00 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readEA link

How to find EA documents on a particular topic

Jc_MourratNov 19, 2019, 2:41 AM

60 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Could AI-generated content help think-tanks & research orgs become more effective?

Justin OliveJan 10, 2023, 10:58 PM

13 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Preparing for AI-assisted alignment research: we need data!

CBiddulphJan 17, 2023, 3:28 AM

11 points

0 comments11 min readEA link

There should be a public adversarial collaboration on AI x-risk

pradyuprasadJan 23, 2023, 4:09 AM

56 points

5 comments2 min readEA link

Five tools that make our research lives easier

Ren RybaFeb 20, 2023, 12:50 AM

50 points

6 comments3 min readEA link

New database for economics research

OshanFeb 23, 2023, 4:33 PM

21 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Let’s Fund: Better Science impact evaluation. Registered Reports now available in Nature

Hauke HillebrandtFeb 26, 2023, 3:05 PM

172 points

4 comments2 min readEA link

(hauke.substack.com)

Model-Based Policy Analysis under Deep Uncertainty

UtilonMar 6, 2023, 2:24 PM

103 points

31 comments21 min readEA link

The Benefits of Distillation in Research

Jonas HallgrenMar 4, 2023, 7:19 PM

45 points

2 comments5 min readEA link

Giving Green team reflects on 2022 climate giving research

Giving GreenMar 16, 2023, 2:39 PM

30 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

The Two Faces of Moral Concern: Welfare Promotion & Suffering Reduction

Maryam Ali KhanOct 3, 2023, 1:50 PM

13 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

Notes on cultivating good incentives

rimeJul 7, 2023, 8:07 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Exploring Tacit Linked Premises with GPT

RomeoStevensMar 24, 2023, 10:50 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Developing Farmed Animal Welfare in China—Engaging Stakeholders in Research for Improved Effectiveness

Jack_SApr 25, 2023, 1:46 PM

52 points

3 comments19 min readEA link

MetaScience Symposium on Identifying Impactful Research Topics

Falk LiederMay 2, 2023, 6:41 PM

8 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(metascience.info)

Charity Entrepreneurship’s research into large-scale global health interventions

CEMay 16, 2023, 11:51 AM

77 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

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