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**Igor**

On Apr 20, 3:23 am, Pentcho Valev wrote:
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1162

John Farrell wrote: "The anti-relativity movement got underway as soon

as Einstein's first paper on special relativity was published, in
1905. Some scientists disputed its assertion that the old Newtonian
concepts of absolute space and time - which had never been
scientifically established - were superfluous. Indeed, the attempt to
restore these concepts to mainstream physics has been the essential
foundation of almost every crank theory since."

Red herrings. The real problems with Einstein's relativity were
formulated by Einstein himself at the end of his life:

Einstein: "If the speed of light is the least bit affected by the
speed of the light source, then my whole theory of relativity and
theory of gravity is false."

Einstein again: "I consider it quite possible that physics cannot be
based on the field concept, i.e., on continuous structures. In that
case, nothing remains of my entire castle in the air, gravitation
theory included, [and of] the rest of modern physics."

John Farrell also wrote: "Albert Michelson, famous as the American who

devised the failed Michelson-Morley experiment to detect aether, the
invisible medium that 19th century scientists supposed responsible for
the propagation of light waves through space, never accepted
relativity and he politely admitted this to Einstein when they met."

Michelson had any reason not to accept relativity:

http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/arch...Norton.pdfJohn
Norton: "Einstein regarded the Michelson-Morley experiment as evidence
for the principle of relativity, whereas later writers almost
universally use it as support for the light postulate of special
relativity......THE MICHELSON-MORLEY EXPERIMENT IS FULLY COMPATIBLE
WITH AN EMISSION THEORY OF LIGHT THAT CONTRADICTS THE LIGHT
POSTULATE."

Pentcho Valev

No. Einstein was real. If he was fake, don't you think they'd have
given him better hair?