Speaking of trolls, does anyone in this thread fit this description ?
Attention-seeking trolls
This class of trolls seeks to incite as many responses as possible and to absorb a disproportionate share of the collective attention span.[citation needed]
Claiming to be someone they cannot possibly be:
Intentionally posting an outrageous argument, deliberately constructed around a fundamental but obfuscated flaw or error. Often the poster will become defensive when the argument is refuted, and may continue the thread through the use of further flawed arguments; this is referred to as "feeding" the troll.
A subclass of the above is the flawed proof of an important unsolved mathematical problem or impossibility