A resposta é sim , eles certamente se referem a "Einstein" no filme Superman, mas eles estão se referindo ao cientista da Terra Albert Einstein ao invés de um kryptoniano com o mesmo nome.
O script de tiro original contém várias peças-chave de monólogo (editadas por mim para breve) que indicam esse jovem Kal-el está sendo alimentado por uma história em vaso da ciência, história e cultura da Terra, da qual ouvimos alguns trechos;
34 INT. MODULE Lights flash on the complex instrument panel. A computer memory bank repeats recorded data while machines registers other space functions on graphs. The baby is completely wired and fitted with instruments and tubes for his survival in space. The computer spews forth information.
COMPUTER : (JOR-EL'S VOICE) : Early concepts of matter appear in ancient Greek philosophy. In the fifth century Demoocritus defined a small unit as an atom, then thought to be indivisible...
35 EXT. SPACE - The module voyages through space.
INT MODULE: COMPUTER (JOR-EL'S voice) Index 19, Sonnet 101: "O truant muse, what shall be thy amends for thy neglect of truth in beauty dyed?
38 INT. MODULE - COMPUTER (JOR-EL'S voice) ...which Einstein called his Theory of Relativity, mistakenly held to be correct until the year...
Embora a transcrição real seja um pouco diferente, o princípio é basicamente o mesmo;
INT. SHIP : COMPUTER: (JOR-EL'S voice) : ...which Einstein called his Theory of Relativity. Embedded in the crystals before you, is the total accumulation of all literature and scientific fact from dozens of other worlds, spanning the 28 known galaxies...
INT. SHIP : COMPUTER: (JOR-EL'S voice) : Early Chinese writings point out the complex relationship between...(later)...By carrying this complex equation to its ultimate power, one can...(later)...Chief among these powers will be your sight, your strength, your hearing. Your ability to propel yourself at almost limitless speed...(later)...The early history of our universe was a bloody mosaic of interplanetary war...(later)...each of the six galaxies which you will pass through contain their own individual law...(later)...space and time. It is forbidden for you to interfere with human history...