Xodarap comments on 2013 Survey Results - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Xodarap 19 January 2014 12:58:23PM 4 points [-]

I found that 51% of effective altruists had given blood compared to 47% of others - a difference which did not reach statistical significance.

I gave blood before I was an EA but stopped because I didn't think it was effective. Does being veg*n correlate with calling oneself an EA? That seems like a more effective intervention.

Comment author: David_Gerard 19 January 2014 01:06:13PM *  -1 points [-]

The term refers to a specific subculture that calls itself "Effective Altruism".

Comment author: Xodarap 19 January 2014 11:10:42PM 0 points [-]

I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you're saying? I'm aware of what "EA" stands for, if that's the confusion.

Comment author: owencb 20 January 2014 09:50:59AM 0 points [-]

The question does ask whether people have ever given blood, though. You could consider people only among a sufficiently old cohort (so that they would have had a chance to give blood before they would likely have identified as EA), and see if there's any correlation.

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