He mixed what people using them think a transrational (good) C-R system is...
Then label those Systems they want to use as "misguided" by His Plain old self...
remove "misguided" and the problem disappears. It the interjection of the Karstenism of C-R systems that is bothering you.
The people using them DON'T think they are misguided... hence thay are using them.
Misguided == Karsten's opinion, and quite a few others... including me.