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  A certain degree of disagreement is not only a healthy but an informative and even essential aspect of
  scientific activity. 
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  Jonathan R. Cole, Stephen Cole, and Gary A. Simon. "Chance and Consensus in Peer Review," Science, Volume 214
      (20 November 1981): 881.
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  - peer-review
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title: Rational Disagreement in Peer Review
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