Abstract: This paper inverts the Unified Topological Manifold framework to explore a darker question: Why must misinformation employ progressive filtration to achieve believability? By examining the same four-stage architecture that produces clarity in consciousness, we demonstrate how the identical structure, when inverted, generates convincing falsehood. We reveal that deception is not the absence of the desalination process—it is its malicious twin, employing the same topology to contaminate rather than purify. Understanding why misinformation works requires understanding why consciousness works, for they are mirror images of the same inevitable architecture.