I agree — if you think there were faults in the methodology: fair, point them out. But to cast doubt on a paper simply because "we don't know how these were man

I agree — if you think there were faults in the methodology: fair, point them out. But to cast doubt on a paper simply because "we don't know how these were manipulated" is a lazy effort to disregard conclusions that don't fall on preconceived notions.