> It is beyond frustrating to deal with research, to the point that these days (...) I have to assume the researchers are just lying. This is not something new

> It is beyond frustrating to deal with research, to the point that these days (...) I have to assume the researchers are just lying. This is not something new, or even from this century. The Royal Society, which was founded on 1660 and is a reference in the history of science, adopted the motto "take nobody's word for it". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society