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The author is grateful to Hinne Hettema, Cina Foroutan-Nejad and Shahin Sowlati for detailed reading of a previous draft and their fruitful comments and suggestions.

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Shahbazian, S. Comment on “Austere quantum mechanics as a reductive basis for chemistry”. Found Chem 15, 327–334 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-012-9177-6

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