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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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johnfn
17 days ago
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.
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0xDEAFBEAD
17 days ago
"I see your objection to ad hominem arguments, and raise you a further ad hominem argument"
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nadir_ishiguro
17 days ago
His whole blog is exactly the same kind of nonsense as the article and reeks of effective altruism.
That's not an ad hominem.
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0xDEAFBEAD
17 days ago
Attacking a person instead of the substance of what they're saying is ad hominem.
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HDThoreaun
17 days ago
Imagine thinking someone donating money is evidence of something bad
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nadir_ishiguro
17 days ago
If the cause they donate to is bad, it is
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jamilton
16 days ago
What is bad about "effective charities"? It's probably mostly for malaria nets!
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