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Change Our Mind contest surfaced errors and opacity

GiveWell's 'Change Our Mind' contest, offering prizes to people who found errors in its public analysis, drew more than 50 high-quality submissions including from prestigious academics, surfaced small errors across programs, and—most importantly—revealed GiveWell had been insufficiently transparent about the uncertainty inherent in its analysis.

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Elie Hassenfeld

Evidence Quote

I think, most importantly, people called us out for being insufficiently transparent about the uncertainty inherent in our analysis.

Source

Elie Hassenfeld on GiveWellEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:29:30 AM

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