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Does special relativity have any flaws?

We know that the theory of general relativity has its shortcomings, but what about special relativity? Are there any circumstances under which special relativity falls short or fails altogether?
gpt
The special theory of relativity is, as the name implies, a special case of the general theory of relativity. Specifically, it's what you get from the general theory of relativity if you assume there are no gravitational sources present. As such, any physical situation that can't be described using the general theory automatically can't be described using the special theory. Moreover, the special theory doesn't work in any case where you have gravity, though it can be used as a very good approximation when gravity is fairly week and uniform (like on the surface of Earth).