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Jeff Mjordan Humane pesticides as the most marginally effective cause online Hey everyone,I wrote a paper on why I think humane pesticides is the best cause area. I’ve had a few people read it and decided to post it here. Buck Shlegeris had an interesting criticism, which is that I fail to demonstrate why humane pesticides is superior to values spreading and reducing x-risk, and I’ll address these in the comments section. Let me know what you think. (I’ve been having trouble with formatting, so it might be better to read the google doc. It includes footnotes)

Humane pesticides as the most marginally effective cause

Jeff Mjordan

Effective Altruism Forum, September 21, 2015

Abstract

Hey everyone,I wrote a paper on why I think humane pesticides is the best cause area. I’ve had a few people read it and decided to post it here. Buck Shlegeris had an interesting criticism, which is that I fail to demonstrate why humane pesticides is superior to values spreading and reducing x-risk, and I’ll address these in the comments section. Let me know what you think. (I’ve been having trouble with formatting, so it might be better to read the google doc. It includes footnotes)

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