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    Lightbulb The Mayan Calendar: Myth or Reality?

    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?
    it may never try
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    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-...-be-wrong.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by qimissung View Post
    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-...-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!
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    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.
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    The Mayan calendar doesn't predict the end of anything anymore than our calendar predicts an end because it "ends" on Dec. 31.
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    Quote Originally Posted by iamnobody View Post
    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.
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cacian View Post
    So are we humans at risk of disapperaing under a whim because the Mayan calendar indicated so?
    Yes.

    Does anything feel different now?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Volya View Post
    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.
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    There's always some screwball nutter claiming the world is going to end. Have a look at this wiki - 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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MarkBastable View Post
    Yes.

    Does anything feel different now?
    I could not tell you we are not there yet.
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lokasenna View Post
    There's always some screwball nutter claiming the world is going to end. Have a look at this wiki - 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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Charles Darnay View Post
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cacian View Post
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cacian View Post
    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.'
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