[Bakary]

Scientific output is often misrepresented by the media and misinterpreted by large portions of the public. This contributes a lot to the issue you've outlined.

Another problem is that even if all the research in the world were freely available, only a small portion of the population would still seek it out.

[mirimir]

> Scientific output is often misrepresented by the media ...

Indeed, it's often misrepresented by science writers.

[tomjen3]

But if it is misrepresented, I can go read the original paper for myself.