I can accept the theory of relativity as little as I can accept the existence of atoms and other such dogmas. — Ernst Mach Copy Share Image
More philosophically-minded critics regarded Einstein's argument for relativity as little more than a logical bait-and-switch ploy: "[T]he supposition of most expounders of the Special Theory, that Einstein has proved the relativity of simultaneity in general - or that his 'simultaneity'… — Arthur Oncken Lovejoy Copy Share Image