stackyFACTSDayton Miller was so desperate to prove Einstein wrong about relativity that he dragged a massive interferometer up Mount Wilson.
Dayton Miller was so desperate to prove Einstein wrong about relativity that he dragged a massive interferometer up Mount Wilson. When his delicate instrument picked up slight anomalies, he triumphantly declared the "luminiferous aether" was real. Turns out, the poor guy just didn't insulate his lab properly. The supposed aether wind he detected was literally just the building's temperature fluctuating because of the sun heating the walls.
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