I've been giving this a lot of thought lately, and come to the same conclusion as the quoted Eugenie Reich: “It’s not a mystery or pathology why somebody who’s

I've been giving this a lot of thought lately, and come to the same conclusion as the quoted Eugenie Reich: “It’s not a mystery or pathology why somebody who’s under pressure in their work might misstate things to their supervisor”. For a PhD student, the term "publish or perish" is a statement of literal fact.