The Neglected/Tractable/Scale framework for cause prioritisation is a blatant rip off of the Hanlon method (See page 22 of Priority Setting for Research for Health. Economists, you’ve made a name for yourself cannibalising other disciplines. You underestimate health, however—biostatisticians, epidemiologists and clinical researchers have fended off ‘health economists’ for years. With this, LessWrong, I say goodbye.
The Neglected/Tractable/Scale framework for cause prioritisation is a blatant rip off of the Hanlon method (See page 22 of Priority Setting for Research for Health. Economists, you’ve made a name for yourself cannibalising other disciplines. You underestimate health, however—biostatisticians, epidemiologists and clinical researchers have fended off ‘health economists’ for years. With this, LessWrong, I say goodbye.