As a clipper

what makes your content better is sometimes the cuts
Yes, inside lots of those silences are wasted seconds that could save the viewers' time
think of it as getting to the exact idea quicker
The viewer might be a brand owner with limited time
the j-cuts keeps them glued and tells them
"hey, don't go yet, there is more but in seconds."
premeire pro make it quite easy to apply these j-cuts intuitively
do you use J-cuts all or what's your style of keeping viewers to the end