All true, but very hard to fix. At some point, you want funding to go to people with a proven track record, and you want to know who such a person is. That sai

All true, but very hard to fix. At some point, you want funding to go to people with a proven track record, and you want to know who such a person is. That said, double-blind at review time for papers into conferences/journals makes a lot of sense, and does (in my experience) absolutely help level the playing field a bit...