"Proposition 7 was so fundamentally wrong that I saw no point in reading beyond it"

"If the paper is accepted, I strongly recommend an English prof-reading."

"The lack of theory is painful at times."

"I doubt that it’s worth publishing a handful of graphs that few would find surprising and that anyone else could generate in a day off."

"That gives a ridiculous demonstration where authors forgot science and reinvent history"

"Unfortunatelly [sic], the paper is very shallow. The results are at the level of a naive master thesis"

"I have received one highly negative review and wondered whether it could be overcome by other reviews. I conclude that the answer is no"

'It [the paper] has a kind of self-help quality to it'

"I don’t believe in simulations"

"Did all 5 authors say: 'Yes, this is a piece of work I am proud to have my name on?' ”

"This paper reads like a woman’s diary, not like a scientific piece of work"

"The examples are stale – the method is not exciting. There is nothing much here"

"The reported mean of 7.7 is misleading because it appears that close to half of your participants are scoring below that mean"

'Pacific oysters and carpenter ants are not "animals" Correct this word.'

"This, of course, is disingenuous if not unethical"

"Limited scholarship, flawed design, and faulty logic engender no enthusiasm whatsoever'

"I am afraid this manuscript may contribute not so much towards the field's advancement as much as towards its eventual demise."

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