GiveWell is launching a contest for critiques of its cost-effectiveness analyses.
Resolved false The record shows it did not happen or was not so.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
What would count as true or false
True: on or about 2022-04-06 GiveWell announced or opened a contest that invites critiques of its cost-effectiveness analyses, with entries solicited. Mostly true: the contest was launched as described, with a minor discrepancy in timing (within a few days) or in naming. Mixed is not normally applicable. Mostly false: what was launched was not a contest (for example an informal request for feedback), or its target was not the cost-effectiveness analyses. False: no such contest was launched at that time, for example a record showing it was only planned for much later or was cancelled before launch.
Set before the research began.
Evidence (4)
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E1 September Newsletter 2022 Giving What We Can · 29 September 2022
“GiveWell is launching a “Change Our Mind” contest to solicit critiques of its cost-effectiveness analyses that could improve its allocations. Entries are due by October 31st.”
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E2 All GiveWell Blog Posts GiveWell · 6 September 2022 Own record
“Announcing the Change Our Mind Contest for critiques of our cost-effectiveness analyses (9/6/22)”
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E3 1 The Clear Fund dba GiveWell Own record
“The Contest entry period begins at 12:00 a.m. PDT on September 6, 2022 and ends at 11:59 p.m. PDT on October 31, 2022”
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E4 All GiveWell Blog Posts GiveWell · 6 April 2022 Own record
“A major update in our assessment of water quality interventions (4/6/2022)”
Reasoning
GiveWell's blog index dates the announcement of the Change Our Mind contest for critiques of its cost-effectiveness analyses to 6 September 2022 (E2). The contest terms set the entry period as starting 6 September 2022 (E3). An independent newsletter from late September 2022 describes the contest as launching then (E1). The only GiveWell post dated 6 April 2022 concerns water quality interventions, not a contest (E4). The contest was therefore not launched on or about the claim date but about five months later, which the criteria treat as false.
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GiveWell, “GiveWell is launching a contest for critiques of its cost-effectiveness analyses.” (said 6 April 2022). Verdict: resolved false. Reliability API, claim c_9357560ff7a6, method 0.1.0+7831dd9d, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_9357560ff7a6
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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