The Thirring-Lense effect demonstrates that local inertial frames are dragged by rotating mass distributions, confirming that inertia has material origins incompatible with a boundary frame tied to empty infinity.

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Boundary frame tied to empty infinity(as an older philosophical assumption about space that the statement says is wrong): A fixed reference point at the edge of the universe (far away from everything) that stays completely still; physicists once thought motion should be measured relative to this 'absolute' empty space.
Frame dragging(as the mechanism by which the Thirring-Lense effect works): The idea that rotating objects pull the space around them along with their rotation, somewhat like a spinning object dragging nearby objects into its spin.
Inertial frames(as a concept from physics that describes how motion is measured): Imaginary reference points or perspectives from which you measure motion and position; think of them as different viewpoints from which an observer could describe what's happening in space.
Material origins(as a claim about what causes or explains inertia): The idea that something's existence or properties come from physical, tangible things rather than from abstract or empty concepts.

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