At light speed, Einstein's equations break down and nothing makes sense

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[–]oligarchracy 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

More like Hilbert's equations. On general relativity, Einstein likely passed Hilbert's work off as his own, or at the very least relied heavily on Hilbert to do the heavy lifting and then refused to give him any credit. It was part of a long standing pattern with Einstein where he piggybacked off the work of others and pretended that he and he alone came up with everything, a notion which the media continues to promote.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I bet Hilbert did the same thing, and whoever he copied did the same. That's usually what turns out to be the case. I don't know that it's necessarily malicious; more minds are better than one, and the one who's most outgoing is probably the one who shares with the world and gets the credit. In the past when women and minorities were actually being oppressed, it was impossible for them to share any of their work and be taken seriously, and likely it would even get them punished. So they would have to find someone else who society allowed to do that.