This is also true in my experience when writing unit tests that are forced as part of the process. I've seen situations where unit tests were prioritized over glaring critical bugs. Sure in an ideal world you would do both but life is a trade-off and there are some people who when faced with a failing project cling to conventional wisdom fanatically instead facing their fear and thinking clearly, because at the end of the day its easier writing unit tests instead of fixing the critical bugs that you haven't been able to solve for the past year.
Sometimes you need to throw the baby out with the bathwater in order to realize that the baby was never in the bathtub, that it had left the bathtub a long time ago.
Sometimes you need to throw the baby out with the bathwater in order to realize that the baby was never in the bathtub, that it had left the bathtub a long time ago.