Anyone else pissed off about Einstein?

 After college and grad school, I started a career with lots of scientists and engineers. Our day-to-day job was busy designing and delivering new products, but every now and then I'd ask a coworker -- "That whole thing about light moving at the same speed in all frames of reference? Doesn't that bother you?" Usually the response was quizzical concern. For my sanity. But when anything else, it was invariably "No, it doesn't bother me. That's just the way it is."

Sigh.

(c) Carol VanZoeren 2023

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