Effective altruism demands hard evidence of effectiveness in some of its causes while accepting abstract conjecture in others, and never justifies the split.

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• Effective altruism's work on the far future is not a bait and switch hiding behind its work on global health; both halves are worth defending. SAScott Alexander28 Nov 2023similar wording
• Effective altruism is deeply utilitarian in practice, whatever its members say about not being utilitarians. ÉTÉmile P. Torres19 Oct 2021similar wording
• The best opportunities to do good are the ones almost nobody is paying attention to. HKHolden Karnofsky2 Feb 2022similar wording
• Give where there is strong evidence that donations do a lot of good, rather than where weak evidence suggests they might do far more. HKHolden Karnofsky18 Aug 2011similar wording
• Effective altruism's scandals are minor next to its record, and its ratio of accomplishments to scandals is as good as that of any large institution. SAScott Alexander28 Nov 2023similar wording

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