I've often cautioned that one thing we should all be wary of is alternate theories to explain

the universe, developed by people with no experience studying physics or cosmology.

Maybe they're right and all the scientists are wrong, but the vast majority are simply

themselves wrong.

Today, we're going to talk about one such notion, the so-called electric universe theory,

and check the evidence for and against.

And we're doing that right now on Skeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid.

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com, the Electric Universe Theory.

Today we're going to head into space and to a realm at once both familiar and unfamiliar.

We're according to one group of alternative theoreticians on the internet, everything we

thought we knew about space and the cosmos is wrong.

Thus, we are headed not out into a void of quantum fluctuations in solar wind, but into

a vast electrical field of highly charged plasma that controls everything everywhere.

If that sounds not quite right to you, then congratulations.

We've just discovered the Electric Universe.

Electric Universe Theory, also called plasma cosmology, is impossible to describe comprehensively

within a short Skeptoid episode.

One must sit through tens of hours of YouTube videos or read hundreds of web pages devoted

to its verbal gymnastics.

But we can touch on a few basics to give the general idea.

Its central point holds that conventional physics and cosmology are all wrong.

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