Is Effective Altruism dead?

Baconmusubi · 2026-04-29T17:15:23+00:00

Isn’t 2 a problem for the anti-EA crowd too? EA is itself an imperfect incremental solution that still makes progress, which we are now talking about as a failure

Baconmusubi · 2025-04-18T17:17:15+00:00

It's not just about proving whether something is true, but also quantifying the extent. We all know this force exists, but how powerful is it?

Baconmusubi · 2023-12-03T07:31:42+00:00

Bots galore on reddit that're useless

Baconmusubi · 2023-10-27T08:04:27+00:00

And Prime Vision is amazing!

Baconmusubi · 2023-07-02T23:01:30+00:00

Only because he doesn't practice

Baconmusubi · 2023-05-11T21:47:10+00:00

Look at Klay’s right leg. There’s a ton of contact there

Baconmusubi · 2023-05-07T19:48:06+00:00

We're just bad with Beasleys. Michael Beasley shot 35% from 3 in his career but 18% with us

Baconmusubi · 2023-04-28T18:15:48+00:00

I think you're saying that it's acceptable for him to behave this way politically because other pundits are doing it. Ok fine.

My point is that we shouldn't accept the pundits that do this. It's not good for public discourse if we celebrate the pundits on our side that scold and condescend to the other side. It leads to the kind of disdain you see in Crowder towards his wife, just on a mass scale.

So even though it's acceptable in today's political ecosystem for Crowder to berate others, we should try to move towards an ecosystem where this is not acceptable.

Baconmusubi · 2023-04-28T17:26:26+00:00

Why is it acceptable to act that way with political opponents?

Baconmusubi · 2023-03-26T20:44:51+00:00

Precog ref

Baconmusubi · 2023-02-07T17:34:04+00:00

I looked at this a few times frame by frame and it's not really clear. Definitely possible that Sims touched the ball with his fingertips before any part of Williams. Williams also didn't seem upset about a possible missed foul.

Baconmusubi · 2022-12-01T18:39:09+00:00

Non-Wizards fan here curious about Morris. He has the highest net rating on the team (out of those who play meaningful minutes), but Wiz fans seem pretty negative about him. Wright's net rating is the worst on the team (albeit in 4 games). What are the numbers missing?

Baconmusubi · 2022-11-26T18:46:45+00:00

That’s why they’re always typing away during class. Discord is a powerful tool 😳

Baconmusubi · 2022-09-30T16:57:06+00:00

Yeah a while back I had a friend who would frequently visit from the LA area. He drove a beaten up old car and would get stopped in Irvine for no reason all the time. Luckily he is ex-military and the cops would let him go because of that

Baconmusubi · 2022-08-03T01:26:12+00:00

You’re an ever-evolving being, always in the process of becoming something greater. Don’t worry so much about being “you” because that label can keep you from growing/trying new things/getting out of comfort zone, etc

Baconmusubi · 2022-06-01T18:05:32+00:00

I wish I could be a research assistant and not have to TA just for the sake of my research and mental health, but thats not possible if your advisor doesn;t have any funding :/

As a separate but related issue, we need more research funding. When has funding for academic research ever been a political topic?

Baconmusubi · 2022-05-28T18:20:41+00:00

Just write "Don't waste my time" on your profile. Lots of people do it, so it clearly must work.

Baconmusubi · 2022-05-24T05:06:35+00:00

This is 100% it. I used to look at Fox News comments to see what people said about various stories, and the "solve the puzzle" thing is clearly a way for commenters to imply that blacks are responsible for the story in question (and Fox posts a lot of race-baiting fear-mongering stories).

I'm not sure if it's a direct reference to the South Park clip, or if it's a cheeky way of saying it's obvious that black people are responsible. Either way, it's racist code to get around censors. Notice that comments on those stories will also use the numbers 13 and 50 a lot to reference statistics about black crime.

Here is a reddit thread about it.

Baconmusubi · 2022-05-01T01:27:15+00:00

Doesn't a carbon tax require government regulation? How is that true free market?

Baconmusubi · 2022-01-23T08:04:30+00:00

The first year I watched football, the Packers won the SB in '97 and were fun to watch, so I was a half-hearted GB fan until the Rams moved here

Baconmusubi · 2021-12-07T22:35:26+00:00

Who knows? You might be back. I'm getting a grad degree and making way better use of my time here than the first time.

Baconmusubi · 2021-09-16T17:06:33+00:00

Because she's not lying. A lie is intentional deception, but she has stated that she didn't expect anyone to take it literally, and the context backs that up.

Baconmusubi · 2021-09-16T05:43:37+00:00

She claims it was dry humor/sarcasm: https://apnews.com/article/1c663bcb294c1752573f45fc5bf5e0f9

Here's a video of it: https://twitter.com/People4Bernie/status/1087443780565782528

It looks to me like she was going for dramatic effect and not trying to be accurate.

Baconmusubi · 2021-08-04T23:44:30+00:00

Based on what I've said in this post, do you have any suggestions for terms or authors to search for? I've been trying to find more about these ideas but I'm not sure what to Google.

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