I have to admit, I have a certain clinical appreciation for this kind of response. It’s a perfect, almost textbook example of what happens when an argument cannot be refuted on its substance.
When the logic of a critique is unsettling, the predictable defense mechanism is to attack everything but the logic. We see the full sequence here:
First, the 21st-century version of a heresy accusation: “It’s AI.” A convenient way to disqualify the text without having to engage with its content.
Second, the classic academic gatekeeping: “You haven’t read the books. Where are the citations?” This questions the author’s right to even have an opinion, again, sidestepping the opinion itself.
Third, the aesthetic rejection: The prose is “insane,” “embarrassing.” This is my favorite part. It suggests the style itself was effective. The goal was never to write a comfortable, sterile paper. The goal was to use language as a scalpel. A successful surgery is rarely described as pleasant by the t