Nitpicking wording as a social signal: Suchenzang's wry take on 'semantic' disagreements
suchenzang · x · 2026-10-11
Cremieux argued that confusing semantic issues with substantive ones is a tell of low intelligence. Anthropic researcher Suchenzang quote-replied with a wry counter-read: sometimes smart people use irrelevant nitpicks to quietly agree with you — a sprinkle of lighthearted negging, or just harmless friendly fire.
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