> though the reasoning models just kind of feed the dialog back to itself to get something more accurate.

Much of our reasoning is based on stimulating our sensory organs, either via imagination (self-stimulation of our visual system) or via subvocalization (self-stimulation of our auditory system), etc.

> it will get stuck on the strangest details that humans actively wouldn't.

It isn't a human. It is AGI, not HGI.

> It feels like you're actively trying to handwave away details.

Maybe. I don't think so though.