The ugly truth is that lots of "science" being done today isn't actually science – it's a performance art that superficially imitates certain behaviors that are associated with real science.

And how could it be otherwise? There are nearly 10 million scientists in the world right now. And all of them are pushing out papers as fast as humanly possible. There isn't anywhere near enough statistical brainpower available to quality-control all of that. Not to mention that most people with sufficient expertise in statistics have better things to do than micromanaging science grad students who have a hard time comprehending Bayes' theorem.