I know everyone these days like to trash science since the Covid debacle when research has to be rushed almost to the point of irresponsibility, but I was once an academic researcher in the AI field. Back then when I submitted a paper it would go through peer review. People would pick every minor detail apart in a manner so thorough that sometimes I felt personally attacked. I did trust science except for one detail. Paper submissions was an industry and universities had quotas to secure funding. When we didn’t have an incredible finding we had to publish whatever and come up with the lamest possible topics just to keep ourselves “researching”. Other than that, we did top notch work that I’m very proud of.