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by romanhounds 17 days ago
> I intend to donate (at least) 20% of my lifetime income to effective charities. I publish my donations on my Donations page.

From your bio I suspect you're already in the cult.

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When your best counter-argument is “you donate money to charity” you have to start wondering if you’re on the bad side and not the good side.
"I see your objection to ad hominem arguments, and raise you a further ad hominem argument"
His whole blog is exactly the same kind of nonsense as the article and reeks of effective altruism.

That's not an ad hominem.

Attacking a person instead of the substance of what they're saying is ad hominem.
Imagine thinking someone donating money is evidence of something bad
If the cause they donate to is bad, it is
What is bad about "effective charities"? It's probably mostly for malaria nets!