You may want to be a tad less agressive when writing your opinion 
Anyway, here is a detailed explanation: 2020 Rating and rank tweaks and analysis (see point 2).
I agree it’s counter-intuitive, but please consider that people already spent some time thinking about it before deciding on the current system. This doesn’t mean you have to agree, but that should beg for caution before claiming this is complete nonsense and that the right solution is obvious.