Einstein's Regret: Penrose Asserts on Relativity

[gamow99]

In the following program

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02144gl

Penrose asserts that Einstein regretted the term relativity because it gave ammunition to those who assert that there is not one truth or that reality is a social construct. Does anyone have exact quotes from Einstein asserting something to that effect?

 

[A.T.]

Does anyone have exact quotes from Einstein asserting something to that effect?

Try the references of this section:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_theory_of_relativity#Philosophical_criticism

 

[gamow99]

Thanks. This is almost exactly what I needed:

It was characteristic for many philosophical critics that they had insufficient knowledge of the mathematical and formal basis of relativity,[A 34] which led to the criticisms often missing the heart of the matter. For example, relativity was misinterpreted as some form of relativism. However, this is misleading as it was emphasized by Einstein or Planck. On one hand it's true that space and time became relative, and the inertial frames of reference are handled on equal footing. On the other hand the theory makes natural laws invariant—examples are the constancy of the speed of light, or the covariance of Maxwell's equations. Consequently, Felix Klein (1910) called it the "invariant theory of the Lorentz group" instead of relativity theory, and Einstein (who reportedly used expressions like "absolute theory") sympathized with this expression as well

Though I would like a quote from Einstein himself.

 

[A.T.]

Though I would like a quote from Einstein himself.

That's why I told you to try the references.

 

[gamow99]

Sorry, big mistake on my part.