If your talking about engineering or physics papers, I can understand it. Medical? I read the abstracts and conclusions and browse the research. I am just not medically literate enough to fully understand the terminology and processes. I do get the gist of the papers though and I do read them when presented.

This is the reason I havent argued further in this thread. The people pointing out where I am wrong seem to have a better base than I, so I will take these responses and incorporate them into my imperfect understanding.