user16686: How Buddhist theory of causality anticipates modern views of Einstein relativity. 

user254: Not at all -- Buddhist theory of causality doesn't anticipate modern views of Einstein relativity.
Einstein's relativity is about two things:

Speed of light is constant
Acceleration due to gravitational field is indistinguishable from e.g. standing on an accelerating platform

These aren't mentioned in, aren't the topic of, I don't see how they're even relevant to, the doctrine of dependent origination.
Dependent origination is about, something like, "How does a sense of 'self' arise? Given that everything is 'non-self' then what does exist instead of self, which people mistake as self?"
If you've studied both as I have, you might fabricate some connection -- "What about the 'observer' that Einstein refers when describing thought-experiments, is that relativistic 'observer' related to Buddhist doctrine of 'self'?" -- but I've little or no doubt that is a fabrication and not inherent in the doctrine ... it's a reflection of people's (of the mind's) innate tendency to create hypothetical connections between different experiences (in this case e.g. the experience of learning dependent origination and of learning Einstein's theories of relativity), and is not inherent at all in, isn't a property of, the doctrine itself.

user13709: Physics is the study of predicting the cause and effect of impermanent phenomena.
Buddhism is the practice of ending the suffering caused by attachment to impermanent phenomena.

Is the eye permanent or impermanent?”
“Impermanent, sir.”
“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?”
“Suffering, sir.”  --MN146


16686: <p>How Buddhist theory of causality anticipates modern views of Einstein relativity. </p>
 254: <p>Not at all -- Buddhist theory of causality doesn't anticipate modern views of Einstein relativity.</p>

<p>Einstein's relativity is about two things:</p>

<ul>
<li>Speed of light is constant</li>
<li>Acceleration due to gravitational field is indistinguishable from e.g. standing on an accelerating platform</li>
</ul>

<p>These aren't mentioned in, aren't the topic of, I don't see how they're even relevant to, the doctrine of dependent origination.</p>

<p>Dependent origination is about, something like, "How does a sense of 'self' arise? Given that everything is 'non-self' then what does exist instead of self, which people mistake as self?"</p>

<p>If you've studied both as I have, you might fabricate some connection -- "What about the 'observer' that Einstein refers when describing thought-experiments, is that relativistic 'observer' related to Buddhist doctrine of 'self'?" -- but I've little or no doubt that is a fabrication and not inherent in the doctrine ... it's a reflection of people's (of the mind's) innate tendency to create hypothetical connections between different experiences (in this case e.g. the experience of learning dependent origination and of learning Einstein's theories of relativity), and is not inherent at all in, isn't a property of, the doctrine itself.</p>
 13709: <p>Physics is the study of predicting the cause and effect of impermanent phenomena.</p>

<p>Buddhism is the practice of ending the suffering caused by attachment to impermanent phenomena.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Is the eye permanent or impermanent?”</p>
  
  <p>“Impermanent, sir.”</p>
  
  <p>“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?”</p>
  
  <p>“Suffering, sir.”  <a href="http://suttacentral.net/mn146/en/sujato" rel="nofollow noreferrer">--MN146</a></p>
</blockquote>
