A certain PhD science student had submitted a thesis claiming that the Earth is flat, is stationary, is the center of the universe, and is only about 13,500 years of age.
Going even bolder and further, the student explicitly rejected the physics of Newton and Einstein, the astronomy of Copernicus and Kepler, the cosmology of the Big Bang, the main models of atmospheric and geological activity, and most of modern climatology.
It likewise claims that the sub has a diameter of 1,135 km, not 1.4 million km, and that the moon has a width of 908 km – and that both of these celestial bodies like 687 and 23 times nearer to our planet.
The thesis also goes on to say that there are 11 planets and that stars have limited number.
The student submitted the said thesis “after five years of work.” Eventually, it was “sent to two assessors, thus passing the first stage of approvals” and the defense is expected to be scheduled soon.
It was at this stage that fate luckily intervened: a copy of the thesis was “leaked” to the former president of the Tunisian Astronomical Association, who checked that it was not a hoax and then quickly rang the alarm by posting on Facebook the general conclusions of the thesis, verbatim.
Many has considered the claims scandalous as the thesis explicitly rejects modern science. Some, however, are disturbed by the fact that it was done by a PhD science student and her supervisor was a Professor – the “highest in academia,” Gulf News points out.
Source: elitereaders
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