I’m pretty sure that I endorse the same method you do, and that the “EEV” approach is a straw man.
The post doesn’t highlight you as an example of someone who uses the EEV approach and I agree that there’s no evidence that you do so. That said, it doesn’t seem like the EEV approach under discussion is a straw man in full generality. Some examples:
As lukeprog mentions, Anna Salamon gave the impression of using the EEV approach in one of her 2009 Singularity Summit talks.
One also sees this sort of thing on LW from time to time, e.g. [1], [2].
As Holden mentions, the issue came up in the 2010 exchange with Giving What We Can.
The post doesn’t highlight you as an example of someone who uses the EEV approach and I agree that there’s no evidence that you do so. That said, it doesn’t seem like the EEV approach under discussion is a straw man in full generality. Some examples:
As lukeprog mentions, Anna Salamon gave the impression of using the EEV approach in one of her 2009 Singularity Summit talks.
One also sees this sort of thing on LW from time to time, e.g. [1], [2].
As Holden mentions, the issue came up in the 2010 exchange with Giving What We Can.