Interesting, my take on Einstein's POV is that there is a reality (God, Nirvana, etc.) that is independent of reality as we know it, and therefore has nothing to do with anything -- thus Einstein's claim that it is his religious belief, and not something that can be proven scientifically.
The kitchen table argument is quite fascinating. One could argue that nothing exists without oneself to observe it; i.e. when walks away from the kitchen, does the kitchen continue to exist, or has the reality of the living room now come into Mind? i.e. all that exists is what we are currently experiencing and everything else is a delusion.
Or, delusions are endless, as the Zen masters teach.
You can play a lot of thought experiments about scientific experiments to test if the table disappears. As far as I know at this time, they all devolve into the brain-in-a-vat or the bad-actor solution (although I may have the names mixed up). The brain in a vat is we're brains in a vat connected to a really high end "second life" computer server. The bad actor argument boils down to some god is testing our faith by trying to fool us (usually heard about fossils, or the earth being round, etc)
The kitchen table argument is quite fascinating. One could argue that nothing exists without oneself to observe it; i.e. when walks away from the kitchen, does the kitchen continue to exist, or has the reality of the living room now come into Mind? i.e. all that exists is what we are currently experiencing and everything else is a delusion.
Or, delusions are endless, as the Zen masters teach.