Maybe if gwern had come out and said ...

I think gwern just might be more subtle than a paperclip maximizer.

I reject the argument

I did reject the argument, or at least agreed with RobinZ in rejecting the argument. I made the point about "This community has a norm of sourcing quotes." I won't just bluntly say "I think you're being a jerk." as "jerk" is an inflammatory uninformative term.

It seems to me like you are objecting to my practical use of a theory because you don't understand it, and because other people have written low quality posts about it (which I criticized). Maybe you should go read a high quality post about it.