The perpetual holy war in the field of physics

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/leibniz-physics/ Relativity versus Absolutism There is a great holy war that has been going on for thousands of years, that is never publicly discussed. It has lasted longer than any other such holy war, and has probably had more far reaching effects than the conflicts between Protestants and Catholics, or between Christians and Muslims. The believers on either side have been as fanatical and irrational as any believers in any religious sect on the planet, and as intolerant of those having other views. This is the war between Relativists and Absolutists in Physics. Or, one could say, between those who believe the universe can be completely understood and controlled, and those who believe God is in control, and puts his own chosen rules to mandate the universe, and changes them at his will. The Absolutists, like Isaac Newton, maintained that whatever laws of Physics exist can be fully understood and controlled by Man. The Relativists, like Leibniz and Einstein, believed that the Universe was subject to massive and uncontrollable limitations that constrained our ability to function within it, in ways that transcend our ability to fully understand or control them. For centuries, probably from the time of Copernicus, the Absolutists ruled. Prior to that, the Relativists, led by Aristotle, divided the Universe into areas under the control of Man, and areas under the control of the Gods. Since Einstein, the Relativists have once more been in control. We are limited by the speed of light, mass becomes infinite at light speed. Time is part of space, or vice-versa. Up to a point, the Quantum Mechanics have gone even farther. We can never be sure where anything really is, at all. Of course, as the Medieval Scholastics had overwhelming logical and empirical proof of the existence of God and his Angels, so contemporary physicists have amassed what they see as overwhelming evidence for Relativity. All in the form of microeffects and highly confounded laboratory particle accelerator experiments, of course. Bear in mind, if we believed in microeffects, then we all have psychokinetic powers, according to the parapsychologists, anyway! And, when a straightforward test exists, with substantial results for or against Special Relativity -- the Parker Solar Probe, for example -- it is systematically avoided, and ignored. Much too expensive, even though it would cost nothing. And, we know the answer anyway, so, why bother? Because the true believers in Relativity Theory will not be denied. Anyone questioning Relativity Theory is a "Confirmed Relativity Denier." A heretic. They are unclean, and must be shunned. They are anathema.