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Can '/s' after straw man sneak the message across?


I am strawmanning effective altruism in the same way that effective altruism strawmans just plain old altruism.


Ha, that's brilliantly put. I think the fundamental idea of EA is perfectly sound, but then instead of just being basic advice (for when 'doing altruism') it's somehow a cult?




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