Dunning-Kruger is CSW's defining trait. But I think this is a good and measured take. Except:

As best I can tell, CSW is a bright guy who figured out how to self-present in a really masterful way to occupy a certain ecological niche; and enough to fool much dumber people (Ayers and, really, the entire BSV community) into holding his bags. That takes a very particular genius that he clearly has, but I think that's the only genius that he has. His resume and technical accomplishments seem to be mostly smoke.