[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...