Einstein was a brilliant man—for his time.
Isaac Newton was another one.
Both have earned our respect—but should not be used as chains to weigh us down and prevent us from advancing knowledge.
I know both of them would have agreed with that statement.
No doubt. But both men, while being both imaginative and at times mystical, were rational men. They did not take fairy tales seriously and would not subject themselves to nonsense. Rational people behave in a similar manner. Would love to canvass the Chairpersons of the Department of Physics from America’s 25 best universities and ask if any of them would state that UFOs are mechanical and biological entities originating from 50 to 100 light years away.
Except Einstein’s Special & General Relativity have both been tested in the laboratory and by observation and so far, it holds up. It explains physical behaviors and current discoveries both in optical & radio astronomy. Whoever or however its overturned is a very tall hill to climb!
Yes, but when Einstein introduced a new theory of gravitation, he didn’t just wave away Newton. The flaws in Newton’s theory were already apparent by then. And he came up with a new theory that addressed those flaws.
So it makes no sense to wave away Einstein until we can pinpoint the flaws in his theory and propose another theory to address them.
You don’t know that. It is your surmise