What a strange, strange world we live in. It is important to note, however, that this world is not the center of the universe ... or is it?
This ancient scientific fact has been the center of a recent 21st century debate. Robert Sungenis, a filmmaker who also denies the Holocaust, has created a documentary called The Principle that sets out to prove that geocentrism is real.
You may notice a familiar voice from that trailer: Kate Mulgrew. But your favorite Star Trek and Orange is the New Black actress isn't coming out in favor of the theory. In no uncertain terms, she vehemently denied on Facebook knowing what the documentary she was providing voice work for was about and claimed to have been tricked.
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Post by Kate Mulgrew.
Though it's unclear what she thought "Everything you think you know about the universe is wrong" meant.
One of the physicists featured in the trailer has also disavowed the project. Lawrence Krauss of Arizona State University claimed that he never knowingly did an interview for the documentary and his segments were cut and pasted and taken out of context.
For all who asked: Some clips of me apparently were mined for movie on geocentricism. So stupid does disservice to word nonsense. Ignore it.— Lawrence Krauss (@LKrauss1) April 8, 2014
In a piece for Slate titled "I Have No Idea How I Ended up in That Stupid Geocentrism Documentary," Krauss implores readers to forget about the documetary and the whole incident, saying that, "Maybe then it will quickly disappear into the dustbin of history, where it belongs."
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