Sounds like they hear only themselves? There is a common type of sophisticated thinkers who have trained their intellectual muscle to a remarkable degree and go

Sounds like they hear only themselves? There is a common type of sophisticated thinkers who have trained their intellectual muscle to a remarkable degree and got stuck there, refusing to see that intellect isn't the capstone of life. Their mind, ears and mouth quickly form a closed loop that makes them hear only what they themselves say. When this loop strengthens, this thinker becomes a dogmatic cult leader with a sophisticated, but dimly lit inner world that can, nevertheless impress smaller minds. Such inner worlds are always like mazes, with lots of rooms and corridors, all dimly lit, without exits and with their impressively developed mind roaming along these corridors like the Minotaur.