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ChristianKl comments on “Be A Superdonor!”: Promoting Effective Altruism by Appealing to the Heart - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 10 November 2015 11:12:25PM 1 point [-]

More importantly, it appeals to the heart well. Superdonor conveys the feeling of power – you can be super in your donations! Superdonor conveys an especially strong degree of generosity. Superdonor conveys a feeling of superiority, as in better than other donors.

That sounds like appearling to the gut and not the heart.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 11 November 2015 12:32:07AM -1 points [-]

Appealing to the heart through the gut might be an apt metaphor.