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When reading e-prints on this site you should therefore be aware that they may be very speculative or even contrary to established scientific facts. There are certainly also many papers here of a very high scientific quality. If you do not have the expertise to make your own judgments then you should seek the opinion of others who do, or search for papers on the subject that have been accepted after being peer-reviewed. We do not force, request or suggest that scientists or anyone else read what is included here. We merely make it available in a permanent form for anyone with a shared interest so that they can find it and make reference to it if they wish. We welcome criticism and you can add comments on the abstract pages. Most authors are very happy to receive polite comments. We will not accept requests from authors to remove critical comments except where they do not mention any specific fault or include personal attacks.

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