It is honestly hard to tell in these situations when they are lying by omission and when they are plain stupid. I think it is usually a form of apathy whereby w

It is honestly hard to tell in these situations when they are lying by omission and when they are plain stupid. I think it is usually a form of apathy whereby what is produced is bullshit (in the technical meaning of the essay, "On Bullshit", whereby people don't care whether a thing is true or false so long as it's published). > On a bigger scale, this just fuels public anti-science Yep... But people have careers to maintain and grants to get. I totally agree with you and take your side on this issue but the systemic issues are huge and I don't know what exactly it would take to fix them.