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[SC] The Science Behind 2012

  • 18-08-2012 1:45am
    #1
    Ed The Equalizer
    Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭


    I was previously affected by the whole Mayan Calendar thing and genuinely believed something bad would happen...

    Then I just ditched it all and believed nothing.

    Anyway, here's a rational explanation for why the Mayans picked 21/12/12 as the end date of their calendar (all relates to star alignments):

    http://www.infinitelymystical.com/essays/mystical-2012.html

    The bottom line - nothing's going to happen but at least there's a decent reason for the source of all the hysteria!


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  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,656 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    The original Roman numerals only went as far as 4999 if you want to worry about arbitrary calendar limits.


  • #3
    Ed The Equalizer
    Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Ed The Equalizer


    So there'll be hysteria at the end of the 49th century too!


  • #4
    kylith
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    I'm of the opinion that they ended the calendar on that date because they ran out of space on that rock. Haven't they found a continuation of the Mayan calendar anyway?


  • #5
    Ed The Equalizer
    Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Ed The Equalizer


    Not sure, I did hear there are a number of different calendars though. I guess that makes sense since communication between different groups would have been quite rare...


  • #6
    bnt
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    If the Mayans were still around to celebrate the end of their calendar, what do you think they'd do? I tend to think they'd just start a new calendar. :cool:

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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  • #7
    Ed The Equalizer
    Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Ed The Equalizer


    Yes definitely! Admire the alignment of the planets and the sun crossing the Milky Way and then just start the calendar again :D


  • #8
    Dave!
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    I thought it was something like, 1 calendar ended and another one began?

    Doesn't matter anyway, who gives a sh*t about when the Mayans thought the world would end, bar for anthropological reasons...


  • #9
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,955 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Dave! wrote: »
    I thought it was something like, 1 calendar ended and another one began?
    frankttaok wrote: »
    Yes definitely! Admire the alignment of the planets and the sun crossing the Milky Way and then just start the calendar again :D
    Well, that was easy! Job's a good 'un.

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



  • #10
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    There never was a prediction by the Mayans, one of their many calenders will end is all. Anyone buying into this doomsday stuff really should get a grip.


  • #11
    Zombrex
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    EnterNow wrote: »
    There never was a prediction by the Mayans, one of their many calenders will end is all. Anyone buying into this doomsday stuff really should get a grip.

    As far as I know the calender doesn't even end, it just resets which the Mayans were perfectly happy with, kinda like no one worrying to much about putting 30-08-12 down instead of 30-08-2012 because frankly no one is going to confuse that with 1912 in most circumstances.


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  • #12
    Judge74
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Judge74


    Still think something will happen


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