Niamh Shackleton
Professor Brian Cox has shared his thoughts on the conspiracy theory that the Earth is actually flat.
Famous physicist Cox sat down for a interview on LADbible Stories recently where he chatted about everything from what he think is at Area 51 to the possibility of there being life on Mars.
One question he was posed with was how to explain quantum mechanics to a child (and probably most adults, to be honest).
"Quantum mechanics is the base theory, we think," Cox said. "I think people tend to think of quantum mechanics as something that applies to atoms, electrons, and particles, but not to us. And that's not right."
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He further divulged: "Quantum mechanics is the theory that describes everything.When you look at big things, it produces behavior which can be more usefully described by Newton's laws."
Elsewhere, Cox was asked about what physics-related conspiracy theory 'riles him up'.
"I think it's is the flat Earth [theory] because it's just bizarre," he replied. "The moon landing stuff is bizarre enough but the flat Earth thing requires almost everybody who's sensible in the world to be part of a conspiracy [and] just a small number of people, who in my view appear to be a bit odd, to be the only people who know the truth."
While Cox is very educated on the matter, some people are still adamant that the Earth is flat - one person being Shelley Lewis.
Lewis chatted with UNILAD last year and said that she has 'evidence' to make this theory a 'scientific fact'.
"There's something going on. Either we live in, you know, a simulation, the Earth's flat, but whatever we've been told is definitely questionable," she shared.
Going on to disclose what 'evidence' she has to back the idea that we live on a frisbee-shaped planet, Lewis said: "I started interviewing pilots and engineers and ballistics weaponry experts, and all of this was pointing to a flat Earth."
She added: "If you imagine a disc, or even a clock, it's a contained system. So when people think, oh, you know the Flat Earthers, they're going to fall off the edge, no. It could either be an infinite plane, or it could be a contained system with a dome."
A lot of research has suggested otherwise, however, and an astronaut shut down the speculation with one simple video.
In the clip shared on the TikTok page @spacemanedu, you can very clearly see that the Earth is round.