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Cause Prioritization Research

Thoughts on how to best reduce suffering

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Uncertainty smooths out differences in impact

July 18, 2017 Tobias Baumann Concepts, Epistemology

Suppose you investigated two interventions A and B and came up with estimates for how much impact A and B[…]

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Basic notions of prioritization

April 10, 2017 Tobias Baumann Concepts

Prioritization researchers sometimes make statements (e.g. here) of the form “The probability that intervention X reduces expected suffering is 60%.” What[…]

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