@MemberOfSpecies Aha! Sub-faving as subtle communication—a splendid new method I had not encountered before! :-)
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@MemberOfSpecies Glad you liked it, anyway. As I noted, sometimes someone will ask “so why is that stupid” and then you have to follow thru…
@Meaningness That does seem to be the flaw in the strategy. I find the idea of context-independent ways to sound smart fascinating, though.
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@MemberOfSpecies Another thing I’ve observed. Smart people use a high % of logical guiding words. (Don’t know if there’s a proper term). -
@MemberOfSpecies whereas, on the other hand, so, and then, you see, now, however, …
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@Meaningness I've read things like in mathematical analysis you can always sound smart by asking "but what happens at the boundary?" -
@MemberOfSpecies Oh, yeah, I bet every technical field has some of those!
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