[hodgesrm]

Stanford CS has at least a couple of people who seem to be really decent humans as well as great computer scientists. Besides Don Knuth, John Ousterhout is another person who comes to mind. Both of them have a humility combined with humor that I find quite admirable.

[black-tea]

Really? So everyone else in CS isn't even a "decent human being" by default for you?

[jnicholasp]

They were simply commenting that there were a couple people they especially admired, who they think are really decent (i.e., better than average at being decent). It is neither a necessary nor a natural reading to think that means they believe everyone else is below average.