Sorry Flat Earthers! Professor Brian Cox gives brutal response that instantly proves our planet is ROUND

It’s one of the most rampant conspiracy theories around the world. 

But there’s bad news for Flat Earthers, as a world renowned physicist has given his damning verdict on the theory. 

Professor Brian Cox, Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester, bluntly claims that if he met a Flat Earther, he would ‘hit them over the head with Newton’s Principia’. 

This book by Sir Isaac Newton, also known as Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, lays out the principles of time, force, and motion that have guided the development of modern physical science.

Newton’s work, first published in 1687, laid the foundation for the understanding of a spherical Earth as part of his broader contributions to physics and mathematics. 

However, if Flat Earthers aren’t willing to read the full 466-page Principia, Professor Cox has a simpler explanation.

Speaking to LADbible, he said: ‘Because of the implication. 

‘Can you imagine if every time you get on a plane and fly somewhere, then the person who’s in charge of the plane is part of a vast conspiracy that’s trying to deceive you? Just imagine that.’   

It’s one of the most rampant conspiracy theories around the world. But there’s bad news for Flat Earthers, as a world renowned physicist has given his damning verdict on the theory

Professor Brian Cox, Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester, bluntly claims that if he met a Flat Earther, he would ‘hit them over the head with Newton’s Principia’

People who believe the idea that the Earth is disc-shaped rather than round are called ‘Flat Earthers’. 

Because Earth’s surface looks and feels flat when we walk around it, the conspiracy theorists denounce all evidence to the contrary. 

The leading theory suggests Earth is a disc with the Arctic Circle in the centre and Antarctica, a 150-foot-tall (45-metre) wall of ice, around the rim. 

Proponents of the bizarre theory also claim the Earth is stationary in space rather than orbiting the sun. 

However, Professor Cox points out that if Earth was flat, airplanes flying across our planet would eventually meet the rim. 

By this logic, all pilots on Earth would have to be in on the conspiracy.       

‘How nervous would you be on the plane if the people that are flying it are actually just keeping you in the dark about the real nature of reality?’ Professor Cox asked. 

‘How does that make you feel? You’d never get on a plane again.’

Professor Cox points out that if Earth was flat, airplanes flying across our planet would eventually meet the rim. By this logic, all pilots on Earth would have to be in on the conspiracy (stock image)

The physicist went on to joke: ‘That would be great, ’cause then when I’d go on holiday, I’d never bump into a Flat Earther, because they don’t travel.’

Professor Cox’s simple explanation has delighted many fans on YouTube. 

Commenting on LADBible’s video, one user wrote: ‘Can’t believe the Flat Earthers think they know more than this guy.’

Another added: ‘That is a wholesome way to describe Flat Earthers.’

And one joked: ‘If the Earth’s flat then I’m King Charles’ brother.’

The news comes shortly after one of the internet’s most famous ‘Flat Earthers’ finally cottoned on to the truth. 

Jeran Campanella, who runs the popular Flat Earth YouTube show ‘Jeransim’, travelled to Antarctica as part of a trip dubbed ‘The Final Experiment’. 

Mr Campanella witnessed first hand that the sun doesn’t set during the southern hemisphere’s summer. 

This debunks the belief held by Flat Earthers that Antarctica is an ice wall where the sun rises and sets every day. 

Stationed in Antarctica, he says to the camera: ‘Sometimes you are wrong in life and I thought there was no 24-hour sun. 

‘In fact I was pretty sure of it. 

‘And it’s a fact – the sun does circle you in the south. 

‘So what does that mean? 

‘You guys are going to have to find that out for yourself.’