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Vladimir_Nesov comments on Effective Altruism vs Missionaries? Advice Requested from a Newly-Built Crowdfunding Platform. - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 05 July 2015 04:13:35PM *  1 point [-]

I strongly believe in effective altruism and they do not. [...] I am being outvoted two-to-one by people who believe saving lives and saving souls are nearly equally important.

Differences in belief about what's important are somewhat independent from differences in disposition about pursuing effectiveness. A person may have very unusual beliefs about what's important (i.e. caring about lives of insects), but remain motivated to seek the most effective ways of influencing these things.

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