The answer is simple, understabd GTR.
Oh well, here it goes.
Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge" or "to know") is the effort to discover, and increase human [B]understanding of how the physical world works[/B. Thats from
wiki
A new way of looking at the same thing is a new understanding. A new understanding can't be rediculous. And a scientific theory doesn't have to be useful.
Louis Essen, being a prominent scientist with an inferior understanding of science is surprising? Earth is still flat for some ppl.
Next part, E=Mc^2?
Take a look at
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0608289 You'll have to read the paper.
At a crucial point in his reasoning, Einstein skips a line,
claiming: It is clear that the difference H E can differ from the kinetic energy K of the body with respect to the other system only by an additional constant C.
Someone can't understand a derivation. O_o
We already know whats up with the Peer Reviews.
A theoritical proof is always considered more concrete than emperical speculation. So, the credit goes to Einstien.
Also, Einstien would have to be an Oracle to know that E=mc^2 would become that big to plagiarize it.
Einstien wins 2-0!