Intellectualizing?

Sounding smart and being smart may or may not be the same thing. However, having the ability to subtly, or remarkably, change a subject just by bending words and being abstract proves that you at least have SOME degree of intelligence. It just doesn't in any way prove that you know what you're talking about. Nowadays, there are many people out there who are so skilled at using their own language, or other languages for that matter, that they can turn the tides of almost any conversation without necessarily knowing anything about the subject being processed. It is a skill in itself, but the user of this skill may or may not, in fact, be dumb as hell.

The reason for intellectualizing might be that many people only see things in black and white. They choose a side and stick with it until the end. Or maybe their pride is hurt and they want to get even at the opposition, at all costs? I believe there are many reasons for one to intellectualize and we can, if we want to study the subject closer, observe all the ongoing threads on this, or any other forum, where there's an argument between two or more parties. Who sticks to the subject and who is trying to bend it to their favor?

Am I that guy? The kind that tries to intellectualize to win an argument? I try to think that I am not, seeing as I try to admit when I'm wrong instead of stubbornly going on about a lost cause. I am stubborn, though, and it might take a while for me to realize that I was wrong.

How ya doing, buddy?