Maybe not "taking shots", but I also feel a general "ha, he missed that big one" attitude.
Newton was such a great scientist that he made his famous "I don't make hypotheses" statement in regards to the nature of gravity. Knowing the limits of your (current) knowledge is a fundamental trait of being a scientist (and a philosopher, e.g. see Wittgenstein's motto "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent." and Socrates' analysis of the Oracle's answer to him.)
I don't. Technology had not yet progressed to the point that one could design experiments to test relativity. And such technology depends on insights from other areas of physics.
Newton was such a great scientist that he made his famous "I don't make hypotheses" statement in regards to the nature of gravity. Knowing the limits of your (current) knowledge is a fundamental trait of being a scientist (and a philosopher, e.g. see Wittgenstein's motto "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent." and Socrates' analysis of the Oracle's answer to him.)