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The inconsistency of the theory of relativity

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It is here shown that the relativistic doctrine of the relativity of simultaneity is untenable and that both the special and general theories of relativity are inconsistent. It is also shown that the theories can perhaps be made consistent, but excessively weak, through the reintroduction of absolute space and a weakening of the Lorentz transformations. Non-relativistic hypotheses for some events thought to require relativity are suggested. Finally, some conjectures are made on how so wrong a theory could have been accepted by so many for so long.

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Schock, R. The inconsistency of the theory of relativity. Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 12, 285–296 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01801199

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