Hi Richard, Thanks for the thoughts. We don't expect to exhaustively understand the opportunities in science funding, but we are hoping to find some areas that are important and neglected and the...
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I think this project is a stretch for Givewell. A formidable number of investigational areas will contend for support. Each will require evaluators with considerable depth in the subject. Many pe...
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Brian Tomasik makes an interesting case for differential technological development favoring social sciences: http://foundational-research.org/publications/differential-intellectual-progress-as-a-...
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should read "if they did not pass away from other causes first" Best, Steve
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Atherosclerosis is the root cause of 30-40% of mortality in the United States, including myocardial infarction, stroke, aortic aneurysm and peripheral artery disease. Oncologists frequently chara...
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