A place to put things.
The part about google scholar is especially chilling.
The deletion or corruption of scientific is a ratchet. Citizens can no longer advocate for courses of action based on concrete evidence, and crucially can’t advocate for the scientific method itself.
But in the current, actual world, most papers are missing important details. The problem of having to scan your eyeballs past a few extra digits is a silly non-issue compared to the problem of meaningless results everywhere.