Comment by protomyth

This study does not care about the reviewers, it cares about the process. For example, you can certainly improve the process without replacing any reviewers. It is just blatantly false to claim the process is all about humans.

This was all about the reaction of humans. They sent in text with a deceptive description and tried to get a positive answer even though the text was not wholly what was described. It was a psych study in an uncontrolled environment with people who did not know they were participating in a study.

How they thought this was acceptable with their own institutions Participant's Bill of Rights https://research.umn.edu/units/hrpp/research-participants/pa... is a true mystery.