This provocative question, which has plagued editors since the Epic of Gilgamesh was first chiseled into clay by an underpaid flunkie, may now be settled once and for all with this scientific quiz written by (full disclosure) someone other than me. This (literally) poor soul is so afraid to lose his paltry freelance income should the offending editor ever Google his name and find this incendiary post on the web, that it can only be published on condition of anonymity. Please feel free to disagree or commiserate as your own personal experience as an editor or ink-stained wretch dictates...

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