Um. There are certainly smart people in the Reddit crowd, but the average is decidedly sub-par. For that matter, HN is a pretty good site as far as scientific

Um. There are certainly smart people in the Reddit crowd, but the average is decidedly sub-par. For that matter, HN is a pretty good site as far as scientific discussion goes, but it's still total garbage compared to a grant review panel. If you want to be viewed as a source of legitimate scientific funding, you need to solve the credibility problem. If you get tagged as the funding source for crackpots, you'll never shake the rep.