It is only used to filter out the false flatterers, not for encouraging anti-social behavior.
Adulatio: Wah, you are so clever!!!
Callidus: Nah, you're just more stupid!
Adulatio: Wah! you so sombong eh?
Callidus: You were offended? shows that you weren't sincere.
Adulatio: Not sincere? How do you know?
Callidus: If you deemed me clever, that could only mean that you are less clever than me. And if I know how stupid I am, then that means you are admitting you are stupider. So really, it is not pride, but quite the opposite. And if you were smarter than I, then by calling me clever, it is obvious that you were patronizing me by that kind of tone, which I would not consider for now, for it is more evil.