Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. Is Australia real?

For years, people have claimed that Australia, the land down under, simply doesn’t exist. A bizarre and entertaining conspiracy theory suggests that it’s all a giant hoax—perpetrated by governments, airlines, and cartographers. But… could it be true?

Let’s start by examining some basics. Australia is supposedly a massive landmass in the Southern Hemisphere—25 million people, kangaroos, koalas, and, apparently, everything that can kill you. But here's the question: If so many people have been there… what if they haven’t?

According to the conspiracy, when you board a flight to Australia, you’re actually flown to random islands or areas in South America. Everything you see when you think you’re in Australia? Actors. The locals, the landmarks—staged. Photos? Edited. The wildlife? Animatronics.

But wait. How could such a hoax be sustained? Why would anyone go through so much trouble?

Let’s think about this rationally. Could a whole country just be… made up? In the age of GPS, global travel, and Google Maps, wouldn’t someone have caught on by now?

Well, conspiracies often thrive on human error. Consider this: What if, hypothetically, some of your memories of Australia are incorrect? Do you really remember the exact coordinates? The precise experiences? Could those vacations have been… fabricated? In fact, psychological studies show that false memories are easier to implant than you might think. Entire events can be remembered by people, despite never happening.

But let’s go deeper. Cartography—map-making—has a fascinating history of inaccuracies. Up until the 18th century, entire regions of the Earth were just blank spots, often filled with illustrations of sea monsters and imagined continents. Could Australia have been one of those places—an artifact of inaccurate map-making that never got corrected?
In fact, if Australia didn’t exist, what would the implications be? Would it mean rethinking space-time, geology, and maybe even… existence itself?

Of course, this conspiracy theory isn't really about whether or not Australia exists—because we know it does. It's an exercise in exploring why we believe the things we do. We trust in systems—aviation, governments, and our own senses. But trust is a funny thing. Throughout history, we've been wrong about many things: from the shape of the Earth, to how gravity works, and even what we see in the night sky.

So… Australia is real. Right?

Or is it? After all, I’ve never been there. And have you?

As always, thanks for watching. And, Australia, if you're out there—stay dangerous. Vsauce out.

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