Is There any impact of the concept of Einstein’s New Ether in science

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The discussion centers on the impact of Einstein's New Ether concept introduced in 1920, which he used to explain gravity despite initially rejecting aether in his relativity theory. Participants assert that this concept lacks scientific validity and is merely a term describing spacetime, with no significant scientific impact. The consensus is that the terminology chosen by Einstein was poor and does not contribute meaningfully to contemporary scientific discourse.

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Is There any impact/will there be any: of the concept of Einstein’s New Ether in science today?
I red that even though Einstein rejected aether in his relativity theory he introduced it back in 1920 to explain his theory of gravity. I don't know if he ever published it as a theory or it has any scientific impact
Is it valid in anyway?
 
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This statement is completely unrelated to any ether theories. It is just a word describing spacetime, and I think the word was a poor choice. No, this word has no scientific impact.
 

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