I think I get what you're saying. It's as if there was still a section of physicists clinging onto the idea of an ether, saying that it's critical to our unders

I think I get what you're saying. It's as if there was still a section of physicists clinging onto the idea of an ether, saying that it's critical to our understanding of electromagnetism and that the transmission of light cannot be explained without it. Meanwhile everyone else is saying we've moved on; the world makes sense without this.