Authors: Laszlo G Meszaros
Although Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity (STR) is more than a century old, the relation to reality of its predictions ̶ such as length contraction, for instance ̶ still seems obscure. Here it is argued for that the STR does not provide a description of objective (physical) reality, but - by reason of its observer-dependence - it describes a particular relationship of an observer to reality. In support of this notion, it is also shown here that, if length contraction (one of the outcomes of STR) was considered real, then it is not reconcilable with some laws of nature and even with the relativity principle, one of the postulates the STR is supposed to be based upon. It is thus concluded that the STR should be looked at as an account for a special kind of 'optical' illusion.
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