endoself comments on Is GiveWell.org the best charity (excluding SIAI)? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: endoself 11 March 2011 11:21:56PM *  0 points [-]

I was not suggesting that this is the actual math; I was merely giving an example to show that the possibility of an existential risk reduction effort backfiring does not necessarily make it a bad idea to contribute.