Yeah I wasn’t sure which grants you were referring to (haven’t looked through them all), but indeed that doesn’t seem to be explained by what I said.
I agree that EA already selects for high SES people and that offering funding for them to organize a group doesn’t negate this problem. Other steps are also needed. However, I know quite a few anecdotal cases of group organizers being able to organize more than they otherwise would have because they were being paid, and so this policy does concretely make some difference.
Yeah I wasn’t sure which grants you were referring to (haven’t looked through them all), but indeed that doesn’t seem to be explained by what I said.
I agree that EA already selects for high SES people and that offering funding for them to organize a group doesn’t negate this problem. Other steps are also needed. However, I know quite a few anecdotal cases of group organizers being able to organize more than they otherwise would have because they were being paid, and so this policy does concretely make some difference.