"Wizardry" surrounded by "cult", "no highly visible projects" and "shortcomings", followed by unbacked focus on a particular national group reads more like "quackery" to me.

I get that meaning might be lost in translation, but also think that it's fair to assume the worst, esp. on an Internet forum.

> [I] think that it's fair to assume the worst, esp. on an Internet forum.

As per HackerNews Guidelines page [1]:

Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Touche.

This definitely seems like a language issue. “Wizardry” has a very positive connotation of using technical magic to achieve amazing results.

> it's fair to assume the worst

I, on the other hand, will upvote your comments because they add context to my own.