[t8sr]

Something about the way the author expresses himself (big words, “I am so smart”, flowery filler) makes me unsurprised he finds it hard to have satisfying conversations with people. If he talked to me like this IRL I wouldn’t be trying to have a deep conversation either, I’d just be looking for the exit.

Lacking a theory of mind for other people is not a sign of superiority.

[josecodea]

You are being too generous by saying that there are big words in the text. I find it blunt and uncouth. Actually, that's the problem that I see in the text, an attitude of pessimism and lack of self-reflection. An LLM would certainly give me something more interesting to read!

[hug]

Jumping from "the author uses language I dislike" straight to "also, he has no theory of mind" is a bit of a leap. Like world record winning long jump kinda stuff.

Also, what big words? 'Proliferation'? 'Incoherent'? The whole article is written at a high school reading level. There's some embedded clauses in longer sentences, but we're not exactly slogging our way through Proust, here.

[sph]

Sadly that’s a personality trait that’s far too common in the field, and it can get pretty annoying.