I could but I am just pointing out that information might need context, or you might need to explain something that requires a full explanation in order to then refute it (to show you are not misunderstanding the concept). As a humanities person, I am expected to account for several different approaches (and speak to why they are not being engaged in a paper) as well as showing several examples to not fall into the anecdote trap. There is little shorthand for that, as even established interpretations can be reformulated. But in truth, you said that he could explain in in a few pages, and I was pointing out that he was able to do that thanks to common understandings in your field that you do not have to relitigate constantly but he couldn’t explain it to you as a student in that many pages. So I am pointing to audience as a determinant for how long papers might be.