Genius, Continuum, Quantification

The famous equation with which Einstein is popularly associated is a product of Ingenuity rather than Genius.  For, rather than the expression of a mystical vision of Matter becoming Energy at the Speed of Light, 'E = MC-squared' is derived directly from Newtonian equations in which Matter is already defined in terms of Motion, e. g. the amount that a scale is moved.  Now, Bergson denies the equivalence of Energy and Matter, arguing that the latter consists in a degeneration of the former, manifest as an atomization of an original continuum.  Furthermore, Quantification is possible only where Atomization has occurred, i. e. without some dissociation, points of enumeration are impossible.  Thus, according to Bergson, the Physicist quantity 'Energy', as well as 'Space', 'Time', 'Acceleration', etc., are all Atomist concepts. From that perspective, the Genius of Einstein's work is the generation, out of the paradoxical concept of a 'Space-Time Continuum', of equations that have repeatedly been confirmed.