You're not talking about smart people, you're talking about "smart" people, who are clearly not that smart if they're doing such obviously stupid things.

I'm talking about the people with high IQ. Most of them are guilty of the same "from A straight to Z" mistake, unfortunately.

Are you a python programmer? :)

My coworker is, and he bangs the same drum. I agree with him on it, mostly!

Actually, no. I believe Python is exactly the opposite thing, despite preaching some of the right ideas. Python is too low level, and therefore it invites obscure solutions that hides the real meaning behind layers upon layers of low level, irrelevant details. Exactly a tool for the "smart" people, pretty much useless for a reproducible and maintainable development.

> therefore it invites obscure solutions that hides the real meaning behind layers upon layers of low level, irrelevant details

And thats exactly why I said "mostly agree" with my coworker! This is my exact gripe. Basically its the same idea, taken to an extreme to the point where it no longer matches the original reason.

There is nothing wrong with the idea per se. It's just implemented badly in Python. Instead of allowing unlimited abstraction, which is the only way to unlock this desired simplicity on all possible levels, they're limiting the abstraction and therefore increasing the complexity needlessly.