You can only build up trust credit over extended periods of time.<p>In modern, globalised science, you often have to deal with people you&#x27;ve never met before, and may never meet again. This requires a different approach critique. What counts as an acceptable critique is part of the core methodology of each scientific discipline, and differs with subject matter. In mathematically oriented fields one can often come up with clearcut counterexamples as a way to criticise a statement. This is not so simple in humanities. One may wonder if the dismissal of critique as AH-behaviour may also be a social strategy to dismiss criticism.<p>It is not surprising that the author of the original article  has a humanities background.