EA intro

You both like philosophy.

You: Hello. 23. Open to discussing specific topics, but would rather discuss lessening unnecessary suffering

Stranger: How do you propose we do that?

You: Various evidence-backed ways

You: mostly by RCTs

You: givewell.org charities if you want me to be precise

Stranger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randomized_controlled_trial

Stranger: This?

You: Yep

Stranger: Interesting. Are you a STEM student?

You: Electrical engineering

Stranger: Fascinating.

Stranger: Thank you for introducing me to this.

You: It's related to Effective Altruism (see Wikipedia)

You: or

You: effective-altruism.com/ea/9s/effective_altruism_is_a_question_not_an_ideology/

[eventually gave link to group chat ~ hangout]