I think the theme with negative-style statements, eg 'it's not this -- it's this', is authority groveling, ie when you are missing a brain, any successful claim

I think the theme with negative-style statements, eg 'it's not this -- it's this', is authority groveling, ie when you are missing a brain, any successful claim registers toward credibility. It indicates that you know something. I suspect as LLMs evolve, that will disappear. Edit: "you" = the model, not literally you. Poorly written, pardon.