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Exactly. Imagine his anger if someone had written something amateurish about quantum computation or complexity without acknowledging any work done since the beg

Exactly. Imagine his anger if someone had written something amateurish about quantum computation or complexity without acknowledging any work done since the beginning of these fields. I seriously hope most of the article is in jest. "Hey all, I have a new way of measuring how much resources computer programs take..." If I remember correctly, he banned a professor from commenting on his blog over what seemed to be a routine academic debate.

gone35 12y ago
If I remember correctly, he banned a professor from commenting on his blog over what seemed to be a routine academic debate. Not really: for the record, Scott "sentenced" John Sidles repeatedly to a 3-month ban (later "commuted" to two weeks) due to his increasingly derailing and nearly trollish behavior [1], but soon he "dismissed" it for "time served" [2]. [1] http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1478#comment-84734 http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1478#comment-84734 [2] http://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2013/09/tldr.html?showComment=1379722470142#c3065001714111933253 http://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2013/09/tldr.html?sh...