EA Terms
The extent to which an intervention has too few people working on it.
What is neglectedness?
Invented in Greece, this weapon could fling projectiles long distances through the use of a spring.
What is a catapult?
The army was no match for this creature, which ravaged Australia in 1932.
What is an emu?
The South Island / Te Waipounamu
Because of vaccines, this disease is now almost eradicated.
What is polio?
This is the "gold standard" of cost-effectiveness in global health and development.
What is an RCT/Randomized Controlled Trial?
A favorite of the Mongols, this weapon utilized a counterweight to hurl projectiles.
What is a trebuchet?
Some say that this vegan food was accidentally created by a Chinese prince who was trying to create an elixer of life.
What is tofu?
Part of the Malay archipelago, this island is exceeded in size only by Greenland.
New Guinea
The vaccine manufactured by Pfizer was developed by a company based in this country.
What is Germany?
The seemingly-paradoxical conclusion that a world with vast numbers of barely happy people is better than one with small numbers of very happy people.
What is the repugnant conclusion?
This weapon was often little more than several large logs.
What is a battering ram?
In 1919, this substance flooded the entirety of Boston.
What is molasses?
It's the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea that's also an independent nation.
What is Cyprus?
The first known "vaccine" for this disease involved inhaling scabs.
What is smallpox?
This view says we should care about making people happy, not making happy people.
What is the person-affecting view?
Also called a bolt-thrower, this weapon looked like a very large crossbow.
What is a ballista?
This cosmic event was merely a curiosity in 1859, but would wreck havoc if it occurred today.
What is a solar storm?
This "fiery" island divided between Chile & Argentina is the largest in South America
What is Tierra Del Fuego?
Vaccines for COVID-19 took mere weeks to develop thanks to the use of this biological molecule.
What is mRNA?
A term for an AI system that is ok with being shut off.
What is corrigibility?
Once drawn by Leonardo Da Vinci, this weapon was mentioned in the last season of Game of Thrones.
What is a springald?
This economic crisis contributed to the loss of Martin Van Buren in the 1840 presidential election.
What is the Panic of 1837?
You'll find Manila & the Bataan Peninsula on this island of the Philippines.
What is Luzon?
In a landmark 1905 court case, the Supreme Court ruled that this state could compel residents to receive vaccines.
What is Massachusetts?