[ffn]

Yes, the article even has a section where they straight up say "Einstein was right".

The title of the article "Colliding neutron stars falsify some theories of gravity" is accurate, but the theories of gravity that it falsifies isn't the popular mainstream one (Einstein's) that, let's face it, we've all been secretly hoping to take down. Instead, it falsifies some of the new challenger (MOND) theories.

I, for one, welcome our continuing Einsteinian Relativistic overlord theories of gravity (at least when it comes to dark matter)

[yourapostasy]

> ...the popular mainstream one (Einstein's) that, let's face it, we've all been secretly hoping to take down.

Please ELI5 what benefits follow from taking down the GR-based gravity theory?

[ianai]

Well I for one hope there’s a loop hole for FTL. Absolutely all evidence currently points to c as a hard limit.

[snarfy]

Not a loop hole, but possibly a worm hole.

[semi-extrinsic]

Fame, money, Nobel prize, etc...