Physicist-style correction: Galileo stated the relativity principle in 1632, not Einstein
PawelHuryn · x · 2026-09-05
Pawel Huryn corrects a popular claim: Einstein didn't "introduce" the key assumption of special relativity — Galileo formulated the principle of relativity in 1632.
- He argues AI could indeed derive special relativity from pre-1905 papers, since it's a direct consequence of that principle.
- His intuition pump: if light speed weren't constant for all observers, you could detect your own motion just by looking in a mirror.
- He also recommends a comics book he read as a teenager for grasping this history of physics.
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