It depends on the audience background/worldview. From Christian moral tradition: "modesty is a virture". From modern rational thought: a self-assemsments like t

It depends on the audience background/worldview. From Christian moral tradition: "modesty is a virture". From modern rational thought: a self-assemsments like this are not reliable (see for example Dunning-Kruger effect) and the fact that author does not realize this erodes trust in the remaining of his argument.