Plain bullshit. I don't see the point of posting article behind paywall, they definitely are not worth it.
Without Einstein, we'd just use Poincarré and Lorentz, whom Einstein plagiarized.
Remember that Einstein didn't get the Nobel for relativity, but for the law of the photoelectric effect.
I agree and thats why I never read any scientific article on any news sites and also suggest the same to everyone. If you are really interested in the facts than read the actual papers . I would also hope that people stop publishing these kinds of links on hackernews.