>>11600706>>11600755Papers on what, though?
The barrier for entry has dropped so much that a higher proportion of papers are on such overly specific nonsense, like "a study on the changes in wing patterns of this subspecies of a particular moth if you alter its diet in this particular way".
Furthermore, it's needless to say that the publish or perish culture has gotten way out of hand, and on top of the ridiculous pressure on academics to publish positive results, a lot of papers are just bullshit.
Granted, these two arguments are mostly geared at biology and psychology, but I think the general pattern can be seen everywhere (besides CS I suppose, I'm not really sure).
