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Longtermism's Philosophical Credibility After FTX - Footnote 28

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The claim attributes the arguments to MacAskill and Ord, but the source only mentions MacAskill and Ord separately, not jointly. The claim mentions 'current actions can reliably influence existential outcomes', but the source mentions 'actions we can take now to affect how good or bad the future is', which is not exactly the same as influencing existential outcomes.

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www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org/longtermism EA Funds(1 check)

contradicted70%Haiku 4.5 · 4/3/2026

Found: MacAskill's and <EntityLink id="toby-ord">Toby Ord</EntityLink>'s arguments rest on three premises—that future people matter morally, that future populations could be enormous in scale, and that curre…

Note: The claim attributes the arguments to MacAskill and Ord, but the source only mentions MacAskill and Ord separately, not jointly. The claim mentions 'current actions can reliably influence existential outcomes', but the source mentions 'actions we can take now to affect how good or bad the future is', which is not exactly the same as influencing existential outcomes.

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