That's kind of a naive viewpoint-if the research was bunk (flawed methodologies, bad justifications, etc.) then it should definitely go unpublished. Publishing

That's kind of a naive viewpoint-if the research was bunk (flawed methodologies, bad justifications, etc.) then it should definitely go unpublished. Publishing all research doesn't fix idiocracy because idiots will latch onto any small scrap of evidence that supports their viewpoint, and if you publish garbage someone will start waving it around as if it were On the Origin of Species, claiming that their viewpoint must be valid because one study said so.