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When research partners face conflicts between scientific integrity and personal EA beliefs

My research partner and I are studying effective interventions but we're getting results that challenge EA orthodoxy, and we disagree about whether to publish findings that might undermine causes we personally support. We're supposed to follow the evidence but we're both struggling with the implications for our own giving and advocacy.

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Two people are confronting the tension between intellectual honesty and moral commitment.

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