  In this article, we argue that the theory of special relativity, as
formulated by Einstein, is a philosophical rather than a scientific theory.
What is scientific and experimentally supported is the formalism of the
relativistic mechanics embedded in the Lorentz transformations and their direct
mathematical, experimental and observational consequences. This is in parallel
with the quantum mechanics where the scientific content and experimental
support of this branch of physics is embedded in the formalism of quantum
mechanics and not in its philosophical interpretations such as the Copenhagen
school or the parallel worlds explanations. Einstein theory of special
relativity gets unduly credit from the success of the relativistic mechanics of
Lorentz transformations. Hence, all the postulates and consequences of Einstein
interpretation which have no direct experimental or observational support
should be reexamined and the relativistic mechanics of Lorentz transformations
should be treated in education, academia and research in a similar fashion to
that of quantum mechanics.
