On the contrary I totally agree with the author on the point regarding journal—while noisy, reputable journals generally have better editing and stronger peer r

On the contrary I totally agree with the author on the point regarding journal—while noisy, reputable journals generally have better editing and stronger peer review. Of course it isn't the case that less credentialed journals / authors or bad, it just increases the probability of wasting your time reading something charitably only to find massive theoretical or methodological shortcomings. Bias = priors. Use your priors.