Relativity is as successful a theory as it is mind-bending - yet Einstein himself did not believe it was complete, and in a 1914 paper he critiqued its internal consistency at some length. Indeed, at one time or another we have all found ourselves in a state of healthy skepticism about the tenets of relativity, seemingly confronted by a mysticism of warping space and time that is nigh impossible to wrap one's head around -- and so here we find ourselves compelled to ask the same question Einstein did over a century ago: is the theory of relativity truly consistent, and if not, what does this mean for its future?

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Einstein's 1914 Paper "On the Relativity Problem"
https://einsteinpapers.press.princeto...

Henry Lindner's "On The Philosophical Inadequacy of Modern Physics"
http://henrylindner.net/Writings/Lind...

Contents:
00:00 - Intro
01:04 - Of Axioms & Absolutes
04:22 - Einstein Calls Out His Own Theory
05:54 - Defining "Absolute" Acceleration
07:35 - What are We Accelerating Relative to?
10:00 - Einstein's Mistake
11:57 - Where Do We Go From Here?
16:14 - Acknowledgments