I'm pretty sure I agree with everything you said but I don't see it as a bad thing. PR/marketing (for lack of a better term) might be outside of a language init

I'm pretty sure I agree with everything you said but I don't see it as a bad thing. PR/marketing (for lack of a better term) might be outside of a language initially but those efforts lead to things like making cargo really good—and it is. I think it's good for thought leaders to rally people around new ecosystems: excitement breeds innovation. I don't think programming languages need to move to the scientific method and double-blind testing. That said, you never outright said that it's bad. I'm inferring that from your choice of words.