You can actually give a semi-plausible justification of special relativity based on what was known in 1901. Maxwell’s equations are fundamentally incompatible with...
Yes, this is the chain of logic that Einstein followed in 1905. But it was followed in 1905, not 1901, despite plenty of other physicists focusing on the question.
There’s a reason why I did not list the “semi-plausible justification” in my account of the Bizarre Speed Limit. People typically try to judge absurdity by surface features, without in-depth study of a topic.
You can actually give a semi-plausible justification of special relativity based on what was known in 1901. Maxwell’s equations are fundamentally incompatible with...
Yes, this is the chain of logic that Einstein followed in 1905. But it was followed in 1905, not 1901, despite plenty of other physicists focusing on the question.
There’s a reason why I did not list the “semi-plausible justification” in my account of the Bizarre Speed Limit. People typically try to judge absurdity by surface features, without in-depth study of a topic.