Is FQXi legitimate? When I go to this page, or the essay context (http://fqxi.org/community/forum/category/31424) linked the other day, it looks … weird, somehow. (I compare it to the Simons Foundation's Quanta Magazine (https://www.quantamagazine.org).) My opinion on a matter like this is hardly conclusive, but I thought an expert out there might be able to set my mind at ease (or else corroborate my unease).
In terms of the leadership, I know that there are (ahem) differing opinions on its founder Tegmark (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Tegmark), but the names I recognise on the Scientific Advisory Board listed at the wiki page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundational_Questions_Institu...) seem eminently reputable.