The most confrontational thing I see are published comments on published papers. My PhD adviser published a paper, then a guy commented on it, then he wrote a r

The most confrontational thing I see are published comments on published papers. My PhD adviser published a paper, then a guy commented on it, then he wrote a reply to the comment, then the guy wrote a reply to the reply to the comment! The final reply ended up with some pretty crazy stuff in it. Here is my favorite quotes from his reply: Or is it the other question, that it is “forbidden” to modify the holy NEB method of Prof. Dr. [Prof. Name]? We propose to read the old Hamlet: “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Yes. He quoted Hamlet!