Going through whitepaper is old skool now, can't be used to judge or choose a project, whitepaper can be written by anybody and they are most times plagiarized, some Scammers are even very crafty, you may not detected any flaws in the whitepaper
That's right, now the whitepaper can be manipulated by anyone in the project, especially the scammers who are smart enough at this point, so the whitepaper can no longer be the main reference in choosing a project because considering that many projects make plagiarism in their whitepapers.
Indeed. It is not advisable anymore to read or check the whitepaper of the project before investing because some scammers are smart enough to make their project look promising in a fake whitepaper that some of them are just copying others' ideas to look good. It is why I only invest in top coins in the market because I don't want to risk money on a project that is not legitimate or unsuccessful.