A theoretical physicist has retired. This Morning viewers were completely perplexed as he attempted to detail his ideas to create a real-life time machine.
Hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield were equally perplexed when Ronald Mallett, a former US Air Force veteran and Pennsylvania State University graduate with a Doctorate in physics specialising in Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, sought to explain his thoughts.
Things didn’t start off well when the duo disclosed that the professor of physics at Connecticut arrived an hour early for the interview after the clocks moved forward in the United States last night.
It seems just like something Doc Brown would do in Back to the Future, so we’re all for it.
Mallett talked about his late father, who gave him a crystal radio set and taught him scientific principles as well as a love of reading.
He was motivated to create his own time machine after reading H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine as a child in order to save his father’s life.
‘I knew I was gonna have to learn a lot,’ he admitted, while he tried to explain time travel to Holly, Phil and viewers as he delved into Einstein’s work – both the special and general theory of relativity – Quantum Theory and more.
He persisted on the possibility of going back in time, which led to him attempting to explain other worlds.
‘It’s a little bit more subtle than that. We can go back in time based on Einstein’s general theory of relativity. It just simply means that the time that you change may not be the time that you’re on. That’s a whole different theory,’ he said.
‘You can go back in the past, but then it’s the past of a parallel universe. in that universe, for example, You could get rid of Hitler, but it wouldn’t change the universe that you came from, but it would change that alternative universe.’
Holly started to bring the in depth chat to an end, quickly interrupting: ‘So, in theory, nice idea, but it’s not going to work Phil. It’s utterly fascinating, it is complex. It’s not as simple as getting into a DeLoreon and driving off into the sunset.’
The entire broadcast left viewers perplexed – and some bored – while others had far greater expectations for an interview regarding a time machine.
‘This guy claims he has built a time machine, but he’s proven nothing so far!! #ThisMorning,’ tweeted one viewer, and a second person said: ‘Well that was very awkward!’
Another added: ‘This guy claims he’s trying to make a time machine … too bad he’s using up so much time with his incessant chatter. It’s putting me to sleep. #ThisMorning’
‘Far too high brow for this show,’ wrote a fourth person, with a fifth saying: ‘So if i understood that …it is not actually time travel at all . Just moving between different universes #ThisMorning’
‘I mean, that man came on, said what we already knew, showed zero proof he was creating a time machine, where, how, or what with, absolutely worthless questioning him, he was a liar, zero proof for anything #ThisMorning,’ another more direct viewer remarked.
However, some people had a more positive outlook and argued: ‘Someone should’ve warned this lovely Physicist that #ThisMorning is beneath him. Far too high brow for this show #ThisMorning’
And another added: ‘He’s far too clever for this show!’
This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV1.
Source My Celebrity Life.