This is what 'dang famously described as a Pavlovian hashtable reflex[0].

[0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9722096

Sorry, you are right my comment was not constructive. You raise a good point. It's the first time I'd come across that style of writing and got a weird vibe from it and thought I'd comment about it. But in hindsight it was pretty negative.

That is unfair.

JonnieCache didn't bring this up, in response to what reads as an honest response by someone not familiar with Wolfram.

This quote is a succinct way of pointing out that Wolfram is, in fact, famously lacking in humility and self awareness, to the degree that many find it detracts from his legitimate achievements.