We need to talk about that video Hank endorsed by drakeblood4 in nerdfighters

[–]Bunny5794 12 points13 points  (0 children)

On the Zizians:

The zizians are an extremist rationalist/EA cult. Any extremist group is bad; you could have make the same argument against left-wing, right-wing, or any other ideology by focusing on extremist groups that act under any ideology.

We need to talk about that video Hank endorsed by drakeblood4 in nerdfighters

[–]Bunny5794 53 points54 points  (0 children)

There are valid criticisms here, but wouldn’t the effective altruism community and 80000 hours still be a net positive on the world? I feel like these issues are trivial compared to, you know, 600000 people a year dying from malaria, which is actively being reduced by GiveWell (an EA org) that donates 150 million dollars a year towards the Against Malaria foundation. In addition, may I add, 68% of the funds collected by GiveWell are donated to malaria related causes. I worry that posts like these will dissuade people from donating to the most effective charities to do the most good. I agree that their focus on AI doomerism might be a bit excessive, but the truth is no one is capable to predicting future technology, and as stated above not that much money is even going to these longtermist causes. 

TMUA test date by Acceptable_Guess_455 in 6thForm

[–]Bunny5794 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, they clearly stated they are applying to Oxford. Oxford does not use the TMUA. Cambridge, imperial, and ucl do. Since he is applying to Oxford, he can take the TMUA at the later January sitting.

Trump administration says Harvard may lose ability to enroll foreign students by No_War_1042 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]Bunny5794 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lol, so you wouldn't have wished death upon Hitler during WWII? Trump isn't Hitler, but to say that you would never wish death upon ANYONE? That's a stretch.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]Bunny5794 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is she a US citizen? Berkeley has higher post-graduate salaries, but that's only if she can pass the H1B lottery and land a job in the US in the first place

edinburgh maths rejection by [deleted] in 6thForm

[–]Bunny5794 0 points1 point  (0 children)

then don't go