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bioemerl  ·  3303 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why people think total nonsense is really deep.

All words in that sentence have meaning.

The exact reason that people see depth in vague words or structured but completely random sentences are unknown.

This isn't talking about large or unnecessarily complex sentences, it is talking about meaningless ones.

What the article is refering to is sometimes known as woo.

See this for an example: