I suspect if you think this of most papers you've either stumbled into a really bad cluster, or you've missed something about the purpose of the papers you've read.

I would agree that some papers are terrible though, I've seen a few I would never have let through review including in the very top journals.

I like the Plos mega journal approach but we can't do away with peer review altogether otherwise what separates science from the conspiracy posts that circulate on Facebook ...