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by BeetleB 1520 days ago
> Just to be clear, I have no idea who those people are or what their accomplishments are, but I do know and trust Guido's 1) intellect, and 2) judgment

This is a classic example of the Halo Effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect).

I trust his intellect and judgment for Python, and that's it. I don't trust him for programming in general, for example, let alone a completely different arena.