That's what I like to use it for. To come up with plausible answers for questions that people don't have correct answers for yet, and then probe the reasons behind it. It can be very creative and insightful in such uses.
I once worked with a very smart woman who at that time worked in marketing for the airside retail stores at a large international airport.
If anyone from outside her immediate sphere asked her what she did, she would typically say "I tell lies for a living".