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Once upon a time, three groups of subjects were asked how much they would pay to save 2,000 / 20,000 / 200,000 migrating birds from drowning in uncovered oil ponds. The groups respectively answered $…

x Scope Insensitivity — LessWrong Predictably Wrong Altruism Heuristics & Biases Scope Insensitivity Effective altruism World Optimization Rationality Frontpage 394 Scope Insensitivity by Eliezer Yudkowsky 14th May 2007 3 min read 71 394 Once upon a time, three groups of subjects were asked how much they would pay to save 2,000 / 20,000 / 200,000 migrating birds from drowning in uncovered oil ponds. The groups respectively answered $80, $78, and $88. 1 This is scope insensitivity or scope neglect : the number of birds saved—the scope of the altruistic action—had little effect on willingness to

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