It's something I've noticed in modern peer-review practices, too. And some have gone as far as creating fake papers to study whether or not they get published:

It's something I've noticed in modern peer-review practices, too. And some have gone as far as creating fake papers to study whether or not they get published: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/new-sokal-hoax/572212/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/new-sokal-... There's a human instinct towards laziness. If there are no outwardly-visible reasons to distrust something, it doesn't get evaluated. It's why a hard-hat and a clipboard can get you backstage, and why you don't spend 2 minutes scanning every bush for crouching predators before you walk past it. In everyday life, a "lazy" tendency saves time by avoiding needless work. In engineering, academia, etc., it can create dangerously low standards.