Agree completely. This idea was eloquently expressed by yosefk: Q: All those C++ users and overlords can't be wrong, can they? Why should I believe you? A: Th

Agree completely. This idea was eloquently expressed by yosefk: Q: All those C++ users and overlords can't be wrong, can they? Why should I believe you? A: This sort of thinking will get you in trouble, since it's recursive and it has no termination condition. Very large groups of people with the usual subset of those having impressive credentials are known to have been wrong for very long periods of time (the flat Earth issue comes to mind; these people weren't stupid, mind you, "wrong" and "stupid" is not the same thing). Supposing you are in a group of people who are wrong right now, how do you plan to find it out using your kind of thinking?