EA community debate: saved lives vs. 'proof by assertion' reasoning style
mjdramstead · x · 2026-09-20
davidshor defends EA folks—hundreds of thousands of lives saved via public health, millions lifted from poverty via cash transfers—while admitting some are annoying. oliverbeige retorts that what's annoying is their 'proof by assertion' reasoning presenting unsubstantiated self-serving claims as incontrovertible facts.
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