Re: Immoral philantrophy?
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I try not to give to cancer charities like breast cancer because as a function of how many people are affected by it, vs other illnesses, it is way overfunded. Not that it is a bad cause at all, just more good can come from donating to other forms of research.
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A bit off-topic, but reading this made me think. Is there any merit to the idea that because a scientific endeavour is "overfunded" that you will actually do MORE good by donating to that one rather than something else that is "underfunded" and will probably continue to remain so, since making any significant scientific progress in areas like cancer research are so ridiculously expensive?
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