I've been attracted by your article through the catchy title. The many shades of your thoughts made me wonder once again about human nature. Is it possible, from an evolutionary perspective, that deception is just one of the adaptive tools used by our brain to survive and make the species prosper? Should this be the case, some interesting ethical implications would arise considering not only how intrinsic it is to our nature, but also a sort of positive scope. Changing topic, I noticed that you're a writer! We are a community of fiction writers and haiku poets and we would be honored to welcome you 🙂 In case you feel curious, this is our discord. Cheers! - f3nix.