Yeah it's one thing for a concept to be superficially unintuitive but there is a level of absurdity where people should start saying "no this cannot be right".
But I do see why many fall for it. There are many alleged "confirmations" of relativity that on the surface seem plausible, but on closer inspection don't hold up.
GPS uses the Lorentz transformation, which can be derived from SR, except on further inspection SR requires an equal and opposite Lorentz transformation for the other frame, which invalidates it's use.
Star light bending around the sun is another proof of relativity, but a NASA scientist came out and said they can only observe it in the photo-sphere through plasma, so not in empty space. Therefore it can just as easily be refraction through plasma.
But even without those experiments, it's best just to throw a theory out if it is internally inconsistent and illogical.
Yeah it's one thing for a concept to be superficially unintuitive but there is a level of absurdity where people should start saying "no this cannot be right".
But I do see why many fall for it. There are many alleged "confirmations" of relativity that on the surface seem plausible, but on closer inspection don't hold up.
GPS uses the Lorentz transformation, which can be derived from SR, except on further inspection SR requires an equal and opposite Lorentz transformation for the other frame, which invalidates it's use.
Star light bending around the sun is another proof of relativity, but a NASA scientist came out and said they can only observe it in the photo-sphere through plasma, so not in empty space. Therefore it can just as easily be refraction through plasma.
But even without those experiments, it's best just to throw a theory out if it is internally inconsistent and illogical.