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No, actually, you have completely missed the point that you are wrong. It's not about being profound. You claimed that the "sole purpose" of commas was the pause, and yet, the pause is not at all the "purpose" of a comma, it is occasionally the result when used correctly. You see, the purpose would be the reason we have them, which are grammatical reasons. The by-product is the coincidental result. The pause is a by-product.
And if the pause was not the by-product, why would we be using commas in the first place? Don't tell me to separate words, because you don't see people saying "Comma" out aloud when saying a normal sentence.