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Einstein later said he wasn't sure he was even aware of the Michelson-Morley paper when he developed special relativity, and that it wasn't dispositive for him.

Who
Michael Nielsen
Topic
Relativity history
Verification note
Documented in Pais's 'Subtle is the Lord'; matches scholarly consensus that Maxwell's equations drove Einstein's thinking.