[vargr616]

whenever people say that modern journalists are bad and nobody knows how to write anymore, i'll show them this article

[mewpmewp2]

You mean that it is just as bad if not more, right?

Because it is making Einstein out to be some sort of rebel like who wants things to be "relative" as if it is a religion or philosophy of some sort.

Relativity is just what he discovered, not some ideology he set out to prove or invented.

Then the author goes on to try and apply this relativity to all aspects of the world, try to make puns on it despite Einstein specifically telling him that it is explicitly only about those physical and mechanical facts.

It is like the whole article author tried to apply this idea in the exact way Einstein was annoyed about, perpetuating the same misunderstanding described.

[vargr616]

exactly, plus the author's warped understanding, like einstein reinventing the wheel for every equation to make it "more" perfect, whatever that means; or in multiple instances, drawing up conclusions and asking them, or presenting these as facts in the article.

or one article being split on 5 pages so I can see some ads in-between (not really the author's fault there though).

[ahazred8ta]

Einstein initially wanted to emphasize the 'invariance' aspect, used Invarianz-Theorie in correspondence, and said about the proliferation of 'relativity': "I admit that it is unfortunate and has given rise to philosophical misunderstandings."

[begueradj]

There are serious allegations that Einstein stole the work of Henri Poincaré and Hermann Minkowski because he had access and the right to review their work before anyone else did.

[tengbretson]

I think describing Einstein as having a love affair with things being relative is accurate.

[photon_lines]

The last paragraphs really are beautifully written:

"When he ascends to his attic, she does not cling to his coat tails. When he wishes to be alone, she completely eliminates herself from his life. She spares him disharmonious contacts and protects the serenity of his mind with the devotion of a vestal virgin guarding the sacred fire.

It is by no means impossible that with a less-sacrificing mate, Einstein would not have made the discoveries which link his name with the immortals. Thus love, that moves the sun and all the stars, sustains in its lonely path the genius of Albert Einstein."

[raincole]

Clearly modern journalists learned from their old masters.

[FerretFred]

"look at the mark in your underwear".. oh dear, how times have changed