I don'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't matter what he says or how far out of his depth he ventures any comment about him which doesn't border on hero-worship is verboten.

Downvotes or no it's worth saying. Defending any social science or humanity at all is hard work on a forum like this, but I think it's important.