I haven't seen the post that you have quoted but if you believe that then when you have 44 hours and take your skills test, are you going to be asking the examiner if he could assess you within an hour so that you can be an airline pilot?
It is more about being realistic. If you complete your ppl in 45/50/55 hours, so what? However a potential employer see that you took 100 hours to complete it, they may be a bit wary. Edit: And thats only if it was an intensive course.
It's all down to more important things anyway. CPL, IR etc even so, you don't have to do the minimums in everything.