Since April of 2017, Pubmed has been standing up for science by publishing conflict of interest information on the study abstract page instead of allowing it to be buried behind an academic paywall.
This resulted from 62 scientists and physicians, and five United States senators petitioning the National Library of Medicine & National Institutes of Health to make public the funding sources of studies. This makes me more optimistic about institutions and politicians — in the news, it seems that all we hear about is how corrupt and incompetent institutions and politicians are but sometimes they act in our best interests!
So it's reasonable to view science published after April of 2017 as a little more credible.
I created a VERY CATCHY melodic serenade about the shoddy state of Big Science in modernity…
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