Critics of the 18th century — Guichard Folard and the Prince de Ligne — were unanimous in thinking Aelian greatly inferior to Arrian, but Aelian exercised a great influence both on his immediate successors, the Byzantines, and later on the Arabs, ( who translated the text for their own use ).

Critics argued that Whorf's ideas were untestable and poorly formulated and that they were based on badly analyzed or misunderstood data.

Critics claimed the popular media were wrong to report monarch butterflies were threatened because this experiment did not duplicate natural conditions under which monarch caterpillars may come in contact with corn pollen.

Critics, such as psychiatrist Niall McLaren, argue that the DSM lacks validity because it has no relation to an agreed scientific model of mental disorder and therefore the decisions taken about its categories ( or even the question of categories versus dimensions ) were not scientific ones ; and that it lacks reliability partly because different diagnoses share many criteria, and what appear to be different criteria are often just rewordings of the same idea, meaning that the decision to allocate one diagnosis or another to a patient is to some extent a matter of personal prejudice.

Critics have also stated that Misskelley's " confessions " were in many respects inconsistent with themselves and the particulars of the crime scene and murder victims, including ( for example ) an " admission " that Misskelley " watched Damien rape one of the boys.

Critics argue that the Charter presents the history of German people as starting from the expulsions, while ignoring events like Holocaust: professor Micha Brumlik pointed out that one third of signatories were former devoted Nazis and many actively helped in realisation of Hitler's goals ; Ralph Giordano wrote in Hamburger Abendblatt " the Charter doesn't contain a word about Hitler, Auschwitz and Buchenwald.

Critics, including the Center of Biological Diversity and New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, were concerned the jaguar was being sacrificed for the government's new border fence, which is to be built along many of the cat's typical crossings between the United States and Mexico.

Critics of nuclear disarmament say that it would undermine deterrence, and if nuclear weapons were completely eliminated, it would destroy the current Nuclear peace the world is experiencing and would make the large Conventional wars, common before the Nuclear age, far more likely.

Critics such as Norman Lebrecht were vocal in their diagnosis of the problem as the " jet set conductor " ( whose salaries were presumably bleeding the orchestras dry ); and several high-profile conductors have taken pay cuts in recent years ; but the amounts of revenue involved are too small to account for the crisis.

" Critics of modernism argued that the attributes of perfection and minimalism themselves were subjective, and pointed out anachronisms in modern thought and questioned the benefits of its philosophy.

Critics pointed out that a precedent had been set in the naming of einsteinium during Albert Einstein's life and a survey indicated that chemists were not concerned with the fact that Seaborg was still alive.

Critics were hostile in their assessment of the production.

Critics were unenthusiastic about the film, which was nevertheless Tracy's most successful box office outing since Father of the Bride.

Critics claim that if the measures proposed by the US were implemented and applied this would prevent scientific research in Latin America, causing as a consequence more inequalities and technological dependence from the developed countries.

Critics claimed that Wilson acted to solicit votes for the next general election ( which took place less than a year later ), but defenders noted that, since the minimum voting age at that time was 21, this was hardly likely to impact many of the Beatles ' fans who at that time were predominantly teenagers.

Critics suggested that many of her roles were notable for her almost passive intensity in the face of tragedy and despair.

Critics of the claim for species status argue that these differences were caused by pathologies of anatomy and physiology.

( Critics have speculated that the play's themes were considered too negative and critical for wartime British audiences ).

Critics of the bombing argue that Dresden — sometimes referred to as " Florence on the Elbe " ( Elbflorenz )— was a cultural landmark of little or no military significance, and that the attacks were indiscriminate area bombing and not proportionate to the commensurate military gains.

Critics such as Charles Forker argue that the boy actors were a result of what " we may call androgyny ".

Critics of the policy of economic liberalization pursued during the Menem Presidency argued that Argentina's economic woes were caused by neoliberalism, which had been actively promoted by the U. S. government and the IMF under the Washington Consensus.

Critics of libéralisme argue that governmental intervention is necessary for the welfare of workers ; they point out that great gains in workers ' rights were historically achieved by government intervention and social mobilization, as during the Popular Front.

Critics felt that the Foundation was too quick to renovate some historic structures and did not follow necessary review procedures, including that required by the State Environmental Quality Review Act ( SEQRA ).

Critics were quick to deem the show rather boring for its heavy use of unknown actress Alexandra Moltke and the slow progression of the legacy of the show.

Critics acknowledge that the diet gives quick results but say that weight loss on the plan results simply from the reduced caloric intake, and is mostly water weight that is quickly regained ; in addition, critics argue that the diet is so extreme as to be unhealthy.

" Critics are quick to point out that the correlation between TV viewing and fear of criminal victimization can be interpreted plausibly in more than one way.

Critics were quick to dub the new drama " Middlesbrough's Burning " or " Teesside's Burning ", after the popular fire-fighting drama that preceded it, London's Burning, yet there were very few similarities between the two, apart from them being about the business of firefighting.

Critics of Amin ’ s philosophies are quick to point out that Amin had no association with women other than aristocratic woman or prostitutes and they therefore question his stance of condemning all Egyptian women.

Critics were quick to praise the 3D cel shaded visuals, noting that it was the first game in the series to be fully three-dimensional.

Critics were quick to point out that there is no way of blocking incoming message fees and suggested Telus and Bell were price fixing as both had announced the fees simultaneously.

Critics were quick to state that it hadn't changed much and that it was " more of the same ".

Critics were quick to point out that the insula is not a very selective piece of cortex, and therefore not amenable to reverse inference.

Critics were quick to note that the game suffered from poor control, incredibly high difficulty, and a lack of a save function.

Critics claim that, in political contexts, labeling certain opinions and statements " hate speech " can be used to silence unfavorable or critical opinions and play down debate.

Critics of multiculturalism often debate whether the multicultural ideal of benignly co-existing cultures that interrelate and influence one another, and yet remain distinct, is sustainable, paradoxical, or even desirable.

Critics charge that standardized tests became a mandatory curriculum placed into schools without public debate and without any accountability measures of its own.

Critics still vigorously debate how much of the credit belonged to von Sternberg and how much to Dietrich, but most would agree that neither consistently reached such heights again after Paramount fired von Sternberg and the two ceased working together.

Critics of Robert ’ s Rules believe that the process can involve adversarial debate and the formation of competing factions.

Critics charge that the Socratic Method has fallen into disuse, and little debate occurs in law school classrooms, which are mostly lectures.

Critics accused him of being soft on drugs, and the policy became a source of public controversy and debate.

Critics of CSR as well as proponents debate a number of concerns related to it.

Critics of the concept argue that it conflates anti-Zionism with antisemitism, defines legitimate criticism of Israel too narrowly and demonization too broadly, trivializes the meaning of antisemitism, and exploits antisemitism in order to silence debate.

Critics and scholars debate other plays.

Critics and admirers of Smart's paintings often debate his subject matter, and whenever questioned in interview, Smart side-tracks the topic of subject matter to his style ; " Leaving the interpretation as the prerogative of the individual viewer.

Critics debate whether the world can handle this head start or not.

Critics debate whether the pending marriage of the Catholic Pina and the communist Francesco really " acknowledges the working partnership of communists and Catholics in the actual historical resistance.