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Scott Aaronson is not a physicist!
I'd expect him to notice math errors and he specializes in the aspect of QM that I talk about, regardless of job titles.
Still, it diminishes the effect.
Nnnoo it doesn't, IMO.
The effect of authoritative validation? The difference between professional physicist qua physicist, as opposed to quantum-computing-aware computer scientist, would not be small. Even if Scott Aaronson happens to know quantum mechanics as well as Feynman, it's difficult to validate that authority.
Job titles aside, I think you had an incorrect model of his intellectual background, and how much he knows about certain subjects (e.g. general relativity) as contrasted with others (e.g. P and NP). Also (therefore) an incorrect model of how others would view your citation of him as an authority.
That said, I think you were right to think of him as an authority here and expect him to notice any important errors in your QM sequence.