taw comments on Other Existential Risks - Less Wrong

32 Post author: multifoliaterose 17 August 2010 09:24PM

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Comment author: taw 18 August 2010 12:45:13PM -2 points [-]
  • The current probability of a particular risk causing existential disaster
  • The total resources in dollars currently expended on that risk
  • The relative reduction in risk that a 1% increase in resources on that risk would bring

How #1 and especially #3 can be anything more than ass pulls? I don't even see how to calculate #2 in a reasonable way for most risks.

Comment author: ciphergoth 18 August 2010 07:08:06PM 1 point [-]

What superior method of comparing such charities are you comparing this to?