2012 & The End Of The World
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History has a long and rich tradition of apocalyptic predictions – all of which were wrong – yetsome people still think that this time ’round in 2012 is the real deal.Why 2012? Because of ancient Mayan calendars. Obviously.Mayan calendars not only recorded the days and years, but also longer cycles of about5 Millennia. So they could easily make calendars that went1,000s of years into the future. But, of course, 1,000s of years in the future from 1,000sof years ago brings us to current times when the Mayan calendars stop in 2012.Modern new-agey people decided that the wise Mayans stopped making calendars because theyknew when the world would end. And because new agers are happy – thoughscientifically illiterate – people their vision of 2012 was a great ...
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History has a long and rich tradition of apocalyptic predictions – all of which were wrong – yetsome people still think that this time ’round in 2012 is the real deal.Why 2012? Because of ancient Mayan calendars. Obviously.Mayan calendars not only recorded the days and years, but also longer cycles of about5 Millennia. So they could easily make calendars that went1,000s of years into the future. But, of course, 1,000s of years in the future from 1,000sof years ago brings us to current times when the Mayan calendars stop in 2012.Modern new-agey people decided that the wise Mayans stopped making calendars because theyknew when the world would end. And because new agers are happy – thoughscientifically illiterate – people their vision of 2012 was a great ...
