“Why is Einstein's theory better than Lorentz's theory? It would be a mistake to argue that Einstein's theory gives an explanation of Michelson's experiment, since it does not do so. Michelson's experiment is simply taken over as an axiom.”

—  Hans Reichenbach

The Philosophy of Space and Time (1928, tr. 1957)

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