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Viliam_Bur comments on When should you give to multiple charities? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 28 February 2013 10:06:58AM *  0 points [-]

Needs experimenting on real humans. Imagine the following situations:

a) I donate $100 to charities, all of them B considers useful;
b) I donate $50 to charities, all of them B considers useful;
c) I donate $100 to charities, but only $50 to charities that B considers useful.

How much of a "social pressure" does situation c) make on a typical person B? As much as a), as much as b), or somewhere in between?

How much does the response depend on how exactly I present them the data? For example: "I donated $100 to charities, for example this one."