The brainwashing argument devised by Einstein and Feynman is perhaps the most idiotic in the history of science (only Neil deGrasse Tyson's "cosmic conspiracy of the highest order" is more idiotic). Here is the argument:

The constancy of the speed of light is a logical consequence of the principle of relativity. Therefore it is just as true as the principle of relativity. Variable speed of light contradicts the principle of relativity and is therefore untenable.

Two almost identical versions of the syllogism ("Einstein" is replaced by "Maxwell" in the second version):

Premise 1: The laws of physics are the same in every inertial frame (principle of relativity).

Premise 2: Einstein said that the speed of light is a law of physics.

Conclusion: The speed of light is the same in every inertial frame:

Leonard Susskind: "The principle of relativity is that the laws of physics are the same in every reference frame. That principle existed before Einstein. Einstein added one law of physics - the law of physics is that the speed of light is the speed of light, c. If you combine the two things together - that the laws of physics are the same in every reference frame, and that it's a law of physics that light moves with certain velocity, you come to the conclusion that light must move with the same velocity in every reference frame. Why? Because the principle of relativity says that the laws of physics are the same in every reference frame, and Einstein announced that it is a law of physics that light moves with a certain velocity." https://youtu.be/toGH5BdgRZ4?t=626

Premise 1: The laws of physics are the same in every inertial frame (principle of relativity).

Premise 2: Maxwell said that the speed of light is a law of physics.

Conclusion: The speed of light is the same in every inertial frame:

John Norton: "Why Einstein should believe the light postulate is a little harder to see. We would expect that a light signal would slow down relative to us if we chase after it. The light postulate says no. No matter how fast an inertial observer is traveling in pursuit of the light signal, that observer will always find the light signal to be traveling at the same speed, c. [...] For Maxwell, that speed was always the same in just one frame of reference, the rest frame of his electromagnetic ether. The principle of relativity assured Einstein that the laws of nature were the same for all inertial observers. That light always propagated at the same speed was a law within Maxwell's theory. If it held in one inertial frame of reference, it must hold in all. So, if the principle of relativity was applied to Maxwell's law about light, the light postulate resulted immediately." https://www.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/teach...les/index.html

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