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I remember scott adams (in his heyday) saying this (use of dense or superliterary words that require extra processing) often happens when you don't have an argu

I remember scott adams (in his heyday) saying this (use of dense or superliterary words that require extra processing) often happens when you don't have an argument and you want to divert attention from the argument to the words themselves. Often, if you substitute the haughty words for more speedily parseable ones, you realise the argument falls apart, if there was one at all.

hinkley 2y ago
It might be simpler than that. Let me remind you all of how erudite I am. I am very smart, I had this idea, and I would like to share it with you, because smart people have smart ideas. Remember, I am very smart. Here’s my idea. Some of the dumbest, or rather the most dangerous, ideas I’ve heard came from smart people. Lots of dumb ideas come from someone who isn’t in danger of bringing them to fruition. The Smart Guy is imminently in danger of doing so. Or I suppose rather that we are in imminent danger of him doing so.