A few comments:

Cyclists’ inferiority complex: When I moved to New York I found driving my car in Manhattan an uncomfortable experience, so I avoided driving. One day I helped a friend move and rented a U-Haul and I drove through the city and I found that to be a more comfortable driving experience then driving my car as I could easily get other motorist to respect my turn signals. Now is my reluctance to drive my auto in Manhattan traffic due to some sort of inferiority complex? I certainly can make a strong case for that but is fixing my inferiority complex the solution to get me to drive my auto more in Manhattan? I will also assert that I drive a moving van and my auto in a similar fashion and my education and skill set is the same with both vehicles so why the difference and what is the fix?

There are a lot of parallels here with cyclists and their reluctance to ride in traffic sure all cyclists in theory could be taught how to ride VC but that still may not make it a comfortable experience and they still may not ride or ride safely in traffic. I will strongly assert the fix cannot be directed solely at cyclists (as JF often implies or asserts.) We need to look at the comfort factor (for all road users) as well as society’s perception on just how this safety dance between cars and bikes is supposed to work, it is more complex then just the same road, same rules. If motorists are uncomfortable with bikes in the road then so will (some) cyclists feel uncomfortable being in the road. If education is the fix then I strongly assert that it needs to be applied to ALL road users and not just cyclists. The problem is not about inferiority but the lack of societies agreed upon rules and behavior for all road users.