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I agree with your feeling that the comment we've replied to could use a bit more context... or something. But I felt like I got the point. Looking at this thre

• gregates 11d ago
  Alternatively, things that are not insightful can feel insightful to some people, because they triggered some different, tangentially related thoughts than what was being communicated — i.e., the reader substituted their own insight for the author's. Or because the author has enough authority that they are granted a presumption of insightfulness by default, even (or perhaps especially) when the concrete insight that's allegedly being communicated remains unclear.