We've built entire careers around things that look like skill rather than things that are skill. The person who appears competent gets rewarded. The person who is competent gets exhausted.
Every time you demand a definitive answer, you pay a tax in nuance, context, and truth. Binary thinking feels decisive. It's actually just intellectual laziness dressed up as clarity.
You're waiting to understand before you act. You won't. Clarity comes from action, not before it. Your need for perfect understanding is just sophisticated stalling.