There is so much rubbish being published nowadays, albeit in complacent journals, that nobody pays attention. Back in 'those' times, academic research was carr

There is so much rubbish being published nowadays, albeit in complacent journals, that nobody pays attention. Back in 'those' times, academic research was carried out by respected universities/organizations, and should you publish unorthodox things, you would have received serious scrutiny by peers, coworkers, hierarchy. Now you can publish rubbish, typically in niche psychology journals, and nobody will blame you. Everyone is so eager to publish so why not aiming at easy targets.