@techreport{vshe5n,
  author = {Gilly, Travis},
  title = {{Can You Tell a Facet from a Lye? Engineered Fluency, Sycophantic Validation, and the Structural Limits of Epistemic Vigilance}},
  institution = {Real Safety AI Foundation},
  type = {Working Paper},
  year = {2026},
  month = jun,
  note = {Version 7},
  url = {https://realsafetyai.org/research/vshe5n/},
  keywords = {AI epistemics, sycophancy, fluency, overvalued ideas, reality testing, fixity criterion, epistemic vigilance, platform accountability}
}