I don&#x27;t think I deserve it either but I am not surprised or particularly offended. Pop scientists like Dawkins and NDT are rightly mocked when they say things like this because we can safely feel superior to them, but a tech golden boy like Aaronson can do the exact same thing and since he knows about quantum and does computer science it doesn&#x27;t matter what he says or how far out of his depth he ventures any comment about him which doesn&#x27;t border on hero-worship is verboten.<p>Downvotes or no it&#x27;s worth saying. Defending any social science or humanity at all is hard work on a forum like this, but I think it&#x27;s important.