Why is taking credit one of your worries? You can’t tell anyone, and you can’t prove it anyway.
Besides, the informed decision is knowing you’re taking a 50/50 risk, which isn’t that bad IMO, depending on the situation. It also isn’t that good, so maybe I won’t use it unless the world has nothing to lose.
You’re expecting too much from a bunch of vector operations. The grim scenario you gave it might have tipped it into that tone of answer.
You really shouldn’t get offended by this sort of thing, it’s like getting offended because your car doesn’t slow down in school zones unless you let your foot off the gas pedal.