The Mayan Calendar: Myth or Reality?

[cacian]

So are we humans at risk of disapperaing under a whim because the Mayan calendar indicated so?
Is there really an end to this world?
Or are we being scared for the sake of being scared?

[qimissung]

It's a myth, although 12/21 is my youngest son's 21st birthday, lol

There's an interesting article about it here:

http://news.discovery.com/space/the-2012-mayan-calendar-doomsday-date-might-be-wrong.html

[cacian]

It's a myth, although 12/21 is my youngest son's 21st birthday, lol

There's an interesting article about it here:

http://news.discovery.com/space/the-2012-mayan-calendar-doomsday-date-might-be-wrong.html

wow qimissung I had you very young in my mind.
A son of 21 years of age is certainly congatulatery to you :)
Thank you for the link!

[qimissung]

lol, I guess my avatar is a little misleading, although that was not my intention when I chose it. I do look young for my age. :D

[iamnobody]

The Mayan calendar doesn't predict the end of anything anymore than our calendar predicts an end because it "ends" on Dec. 31.

[cacian]

The Mayan calendar doesn't predict the end of anything anymore than our calendar predicts an end because it "ends" on Dec. 31.

Good point never thought about it that way. ;)

[Volya]

As far as I'm aware, the mayan calendar does end on that date, but it doesn't predict the apocalypse or anything like that. However I read somewhere that it is meant to be the start of a second age/era or something, but I'm not sure how true this is.

[MarkBastable]

So are we humans at risk of disapperaing under a whim because the Mayan calendar indicated so?


Yes.

Does anything feel different now?

[Charles Darnay]

As far as I'm aware, the mayan calendar does end on that date, but it doesn't predict the apocalypse or anything like that. However I read somewhere that it is meant to be the start of a second age/era or something, but I'm not sure how true this is.

There is some truth to this. It has to do with the relative position of our solar system and the milky way. Apparently once a certain point is reached, in the winter's solstice of 2012, the astrological forces will have a profound impact on humanity. Of course, all this presupposes a belief in astrological forces on human behaviour.

[Lokasenna]

There's always some screwball nutter claiming the world is going to end. Have a look at this wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events) - scarcely a year has gone by that hasn't been said to be the End of Days by someone or other. The Mayan calendar thing has just been around longer than most, that's all.

[cacian]

Yes.

Does anything feel different now?

I could not tell you we are not there yet. ;)

[cacian]

There's always some screwball nutter claiming the world is going to end. Have a look at this wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events) - scarcely a year has gone by that hasn't been said to be the End of Days by someone or other. The Mayan calendar thing has just been around longer than most, that's all.

Well I don't know they do say there is no smoke without fire haha.

[Calidore]

There is some truth to this. It has to do with the relative position of our solar system and the milky way. Apparently once a certain point is reached, in the winter's solstice of 2012, the astrological forces will have a profound impact on humanity. Of course, all this presupposes a belief in astrological forces on human behaviour.

There was a big deal about the Harmonic Convergence back in the late '80s. Don't think anyone noticed much difference afterward, though. Earlier than that, I seem to remember a planetary alignment that spelled doomsday, except it didn't. Then there was the Y2K apocalypse that wasn't.

Seems to me that rather than simply trying to make the world seem a better place by inventing ludicrous disaster scenarios right and left, people's time would be better spent actually doing something to improve it.

[Helga]

So are we humans at risk of disapperaing under a whim because the Mayan calendar indicated so?
Is there really an end to this world?
Or are we being scared for the sake of being scared?

I'm not scared.

[Emil Miller]

Well I don't know they do say there is no smoke without fire haha.

But if it turns out to be true, you won't be able to say: 'I told you so.'

[cacian]

But if it turns out to be true, you won't be able to say: 'I told you so.'

True blue! ;)

[JuniperWoolf]

Then there was the Y2K apocalypse that wasn't.

I was eleven for the Y2K thing, and I remember hoping it would happen. When asked, my grade seven teacher basically said: "all of the machines in the world go dead. No cars, no computers, no phones. The world would cease to be connected and we would form seperate societies like the early humans. Grande Cache would be okay compared to most places in the world because we're small so we wouldn't start rioting like in the cities, and many of us are used to living off the land already. We'd organize and form a tribal society, we'd have to hunt and gather and sit around fires because we've lost television, that sort of thing."

"Cool," thought eleven-year-old Robin.

[cacian]

I was eleven for the Y2K thing, and I remember hoping it would happen. When asked, my grade seven teacher basically said: "all of the machines in the world go dead. No cars, no computers, no phones. The world would cease to be connected and we would form seperate societies like the early humans. Grande Cache would be okay compared to most places in the world because we're small so we wouldn't start rioting like in the cities, and many of us are used to living off the land already. We'd organize and form a tribal society, we'd have to hunt and gather and sit around fires because we've lost television, that sort of thing."

"Cool," thought eleven-year-old Robin.

'eleven year old Robin''??
Who is he?

[Charles Darnay]

I was eleven for the Y2K thing, and I remember hoping it would happen. When asked, my grade seven teacher basically said: "all of the machines in the world go dead. No cars, no computers, no phones. The world would cease to be connected and we would form seperate societies like the early humans. Grande Cache would be okay compared to most places in the world because we're small so we wouldn't start rioting like in the cities, and many of us are used to living off the land already. We'd organize and form a tribal society, we'd have to hunt and gather and sit around fires because we've lost television, that sort of thing."

"Cool," thought eleven-year-old Robin.

:lol:

[YesNo]

I'll make an appointment in my calendar for December 22nd to check if I'm still around.

[JuniperWoolf]

'eleven year old Robin''??
Who is he?

:rolleyes5: He's me.