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Effective Altruism’s Democracy Problem (Gone Utilitarian!) (bobjacobs.substack.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/sneerclub@awful.systems
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Might unilateral billionaire funding skew priorities?

Should the "epistemically humble" listen to people who disagree with them?

Might it be undemocratic to give some people many times more voting power?

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Can you explain it to me? I found epistemology is the study of knowledge. So 'epistemically humble’ means they are humble according to our understanding of knowledge? Probably not.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I think they're claiming that they are aware of the potential issues in how knowledge is produced (bias, unconscious or not)....but they think that they are uniquely humble and aware of all the issues, they certainly aren't influenced by ideology, and they aren't susceptible to the same logical fallacies as everyone else.

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