What do you think of 2012 doomsday?

Question

I really dont understand it to much something bout a mayan calendar. True or False/hoax

Answer 1

This is hyped and has no basis in anything factual or scientific. It's along the same line as global warming. Poorly cited scientific facts, poor communication and agendas of certain people or groups of people have whipped this up and laid it on all our doorsteps.

It's a fallacy.

Answer 2

No, paintmeblue, it's not Dec 12.  This is an example of the carelessness of the gullible.  The date was 12/21/12, and someone decided that 12/12/12 looked cooler.  That's just how accurate and scientific all this bunk is.

This is a myth based on the irresponsible, (and repeated) airing of a ridiculous pseudo-documentary on the History Channel. That network, and the Discovery Channel and Fox, will air anything they feel will get a bigger audience. Sometimes, their shows are good and worth watching. Other times, they are foolish, sensationalist, tabloid-style hype. It is often difficult to tell which is which, unless you know about a subject. I know about the history of doomsday predictions, pseudoscience, and astronomy.

The Mayan calendar does not predict the end of the world. They did keep an accurate calendar, but contrary to popular opinion, never predicted any world event accurately. They couldn't predict their own demise; why should they be able to predict ours?

The alignment with the galactic center is not going to happen. It comes fairly close to happening EVERY year on Dec 21, and will be exactly the same as it always is, in 2012. Even if some perfect alignment did occur, there is nothing about it that could affect the earth. It's like saying, "When these three parking spaces are occupied by three red cars, the world will come to an end."

Doomsday prophets have always been around and they are always wrong. Every 5 to 10 years, some prediction catches the public's attention and scares a lot of kids...usually thanks to irresponsible media decisions. Dozens of different doomsday scenarios have been piggy-backed on to this date since the show aired. Go to this site to see how many predicted apocalypses we have already missed.

http://www.abhota.info/index.htm

All that Nibiru stuff is bunk, too. No such planet has ever been discovered. The claim that it was discovered some 25 years ago is not true.

Answer 3

I'll let you know in 2013.

Answer 4

It scares the c**p out of me, but I try not to worry about it too much.

Answer 5

The date is December 12, 2012. ( 12/12/2012). Thats not the day that the Mayans predicted the world would end, but rather the day that their calendar ends on. Seems simple, because their calender had to end on SOME day, right? True, but why would they bother going so far into the future?

12/12/2012 is a signifigant day for other reasons. Its the date of a major planetary alignment- all the planets will line up that day. Its also the date predicted for earth to change its axis. What that will do is reverse the magnetic fields on the planet. Anything we have that operated on magnetic fields is going to be useless after that.

Hoax? No. Thats actually the day the calender ends and the day predicted for the alignment and the axis change. Crazy 3 way coincidence? Sure, its possible. End of the world? Who knows? I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Answer 6

Ill take my chances. And if im wrong, my one regret will be that I didn't commit more crime.