That's a really interesting observation. Someone accused me of one of my pieces using AI. I was gobsmacked.

I have no interest in AI, don't know how to use it, don't use Grammarly or any other writing tool. I have been published sin e 1962. No need. I can do those things better than any publication tool.

I would, therefore, say that the difference is not the choice of words. I don't think Cotton is wise in the way of words. His syntax is awful.

The difference between the outstanding and the merely average is a unique insight that is true for all people. It is the encapulation of wisdom.

Unfortunately, modernism has educated people to believe that self-expression is art. It is not - mastery to the level of Micaelangelo is!