ciphergoth comments on Rationality: Common Interest of Many Causes - Less Wrong

39 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 March 2009 10:49AM

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Comment author: ciphergoth 29 March 2009 12:17:52PM *  2 points [-]

Sounds like it might be worth a go.

The reason everyone tries to shape a very specific message to fit existing biases rather than challenging the biases directly is that no-one wants to stick their necks out. For example, there are a whole load of charities that would benefit if scope insensitivity were reduced, but for any of them to fight it would be perceived by scope insensitivity sufferers as talking about people's lives in the cold language of cost-effectiveness.