The authors of the original paper sometimes respond to these with a letter of their own.
The authors of those papers may then respond again.
The author of written language, however, cannot respond in this way.
The authors of the original study have responded to these criticisms.
Various authors respond to each other's carvings in a sort of dialogue.
They also published Goldberg's response which several authors responded to.
In 2006, the authors of the paper responded to their critics.
To which the author responded: "I didn't write it to make a political statement.
The author responded, "The most beautiful house in the world is the one that you build for yourself."
The authors responded by tweaking the system a bit, but they kept its general structure intact.