Heretical Verities Quotes

“Alas, a pattern begins to assert itself that is encountered repeatedly throughout relativity physics: ( a ) The theory gets into some kind of logical trouble. ( b ) A new physical effect is invented to resolve the problem. ( c ) The effect proves to be too small for practical observation, so its existence is assumed, goes into the textbooks as physical fact, and is transmitted as part of a growing corpus of (possible) mythology.”
― Thomas E. Phipps Jr., Heretical Verities: Mathematical Themes in Physical Description