AndrewHickey comments on SIAI Fundraising - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 26 April 2011 11:32:00AM 0 points [-]

Where did you think the money was going?!

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 26 April 2011 12:04:08PM 20 points [-]

Where did you think the money was going?!

They thought it wasn't going to paying me $180K. Correctly. +1 epistemic point to everyone who expressed surprise at this nonfact, -1 point for hindsight bias to anyone who claimed not to be shocked by it.

Comment author: [deleted] 26 April 2011 12:37:23PM 10 points [-]

Fair enough. I assumed that most of the money would be going on salary, so if an organisation with a small staff had a large income, it'd be paying high salaries. It's one reason (of many) I've never donated. So I've just made a $10 donation, partly to punish myself for my own biases, and partly to make some restitution for acting on those biases in a way which might have seemed insulting.