The cover of our April issue boasted the cover line "Outsmarting Einstein," part of our special section celebrating the 100th anniversary of the general theory of relativity. "Outsmarting Einstein," while catchy, is an unfortunate phrase. Modifying his general theory of relativity would be an enormous intellectual achievement, and the people trying to do so are by no means dummies. But, in place of his pencil and paper, they have a century of experiments upon which to build, as well as incredible instruments and budgets. If his theory is eventually modified, he certainly will not have been outsmarted.
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