Hey Andrew,
I came across this quote on Facebook this morning that made me think of your recent explorations. I am not sharing it for any ‘wisdom’ that it apparently carries but rather because it demonstrates very well the modus operandi of an “intellectualiser”, and just how silly it is.
Recently you described your past habit of not using “‘squotes’ simply because it always seemed to be an attempt at fitting in” and that you eventually saw this to be silly and getting in the way of clear and therefore constructive communication. In general your writing style has often been in the flavour of “stream of consciousness / off the cuff”, the kind of communication that is perhaps not yet fully fit for consumption 
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And indeed every ‘deep thinker’ (intellectualiser) is afraid of being understood (seen clearly) and therefore ‘they’ are invested in making sure ‘they’ are misunderstood, which means ‘they’ have reason to be unclear. For the intellectualiser the more obfuscation the better because it means that ‘I’ get to play that game forever, and never risk being changed by the discovery of a fact.
So what may appear as simply “not trying to fit in” or just being somewhat “off the cuff” really is a fear of commitment. Because to genuinely enquire means ‘you’ might find out, and then ‘you’ will be changed. Indeed this is what the ‘deep thinker’ fears, so much so that ambiguity, obfuscation and even hypocrisy can be made into virtues. The more unclear the better… the archetype of which would be the mystic (and I write this because I remember you writing of your past involvements with this kind of thing).
But of course you have now discovered the alternative to all this (which is sincerity and naiveté) so I am writing this as I thought it might spur some further discoveries for you in this area.