In general, I think when we are evaluating fuzzy things like this we should come up with specifications for what we would like to see before performing the eval. Not saying it happened here, but very often I see people impressed with “answer-shaped” answers rather than objectively assessing the actual quality. The latter is harder and requires specific expertise.

It is probably a good lesson on how far confidence can get you in life. People are often highly biased by the presentation of the thing.