It's a self defeating record. The point of the abstract is not to be the conclusion. It's meant to be a summary of the work. If the conclusion section was "no"

It's a self defeating record. The point of the abstract is not to be the conclusion. It's meant to be a summary of the work. If the conclusion section was "no" I'd be more charitable to it, but a conclusion is not a summary so it doesnt really do its job as an abstract