The world will end in 2012

[CaRoL N.]

...Or at least that's what a bunch of scientists predict (they even have a movie about it now). Do you believe this prediction? And if so, would this change the way you live your life now?

I personally think there's a chance it could happen coz' of global warming and all, but I'm hoping it'll be a farce like the whole Y2K incident. If it does happen, I really hope by then I've found a special guy and hopefully got married. I can do without kids though. Haha!

[psalm bentaib]

only GOD knows. we experienced the predictions but only knows when will it happen. Our knowledge is only limited to the signs being predicted. but when to happen, only GOD knows

[Andrew]

I thought the world did end every year at midnight on Dec. 31st... I never remember it...

Oh wait, that's the alcohol.

[Audrayy]

haha.

[CaRoL N.]

Actually the idea for this post came about from an email I got regarding the reasons for the predicted end of the world (with some nice screenshots of the actual movie, so I suspect it could be a ploy by the movie producers to get people to watch the movie!). The email is as follows:

SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS from around the world are predicting that 3 years from now, all life on Earth could well come to an end. Some are saying it'll be humans that would set it off. Others believe that a natural phenomenon will be the cause. And the religious folks are saying it'll be God himself who would press the stop button. The following are some likely arguments as to why the world would end by the year 2012 .

Reason one: Mayan calendar

The first to predict 2012 as the end of the world were the Mayans, a bloodthirsty race that were good at two things -- building highly accurate astrological equipment out of stone and sacrificing virgins.

Thousands of years ago they managed to calculate the length of the lunar moon as 329.53020 days, only 34 seconds out. The Mayan calendar predicts that the earth will end on December 21, 2012 . Given that they were pretty close to the mark with the lunar cycle, it's likely they've got the end of the world right as well.

Reason two: Sun storms

Solar experts from around the world monitoring the sun have made a startling discovery. Our sun is in a bit of strife. The energy output of the sun is, like most things in nature, cyclic and it's supposed to be in the middle of a period of relative stability. However, recent solar storms have been bombarding the earth with lot of radiation energy. It's been knocking out power grids and destroying satellites. This activity is predicted to get worse and calculations suggest it'll reach its deadly peak sometime in 2012 .

Reason three: The atom smasher

Scientists in Europe have been building the world's largest particle accelerator. Basically, its a 27 km tunnel designed to smash atoms together to find out what makes the universe tick. However, the mega-gadget has caused serious concern, with some scientists suggesting that it's properly even a bad idea to turn it on in the first place. They're predicting all manner of deadly results, including mini black holes. So when this machine is fired up for its first serious experiment in 2012 , the world could be crushed into a super-dense blob the size of a basketball.

Reason four: The Bible says it

If having scientists warning us about the end of the world isn't bad enough, religious folks are getting in on the act as well. Interpretations of the Christian Bible reveal that the date for Armageddon, the final battle between good an evil, has been set for 2012 . The I Ching, also known as the Chinese Book of Changes, says the same thing, as do various sections of the Hindu teachings.

Reason five: Super volcano

Yellowstone National Park in United States is famous for its thermal springs and old faithful geyser. The reason for this is simple -- it's sitting on top of the world's biggest volcano and geological experts are beginning to get nervous sweats. The Yellowstone volcano has a pattern of erupting every 650,000 years or so, and we're many years overdue for an explosion that will fill the atmosphere with ash, blocking the sun and plunging the earth into a frozen winter that could last up to 15,000 years. The pressure under the Yellowstone is building steadily, and geologists have set 2012 as a likely date for the big bang.

Reason six: The physicists

This one's case of bog -- simple maths mathematics. Physicists at Berkely University have been crunching the numbers.
They've determined that the earth is well overdue for a major catastrophic event. Even worse, they're claiming that their calculations prove that we're all going to die, very soon. They are also saying that their prediction comes with a certainty of 99 per cent; and 2012 just happens to be the best guess as to when it occurs.

Reason seven: Earth's magnetic field

We all know the Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field that shields us from most of the sun's radiation. What you might not know is that the magnetic poles we call North and South have a nasty habit of swapping places every 750,000 years or so -- and right now we're about 30,000 years overdue. Scientists have noted that the poles are drifting apart roughly 20-30 kms each year, much faster than ever before, which points to a pole-shift being right around the corner. While the pole shift is under way, the magnetic field is disrupted and will eventually disappear, sometimes for up to 100 years. The result is enough UV outdoors to crisp your skin in seconds, killing everything it touches.


I also briefly saw some parts of documentaries on National Geographic talking about some of the same things mentioned above. So actually some scientists ARE predicting the end of the world, maybe not in 2012 but pretty soon. But still, how true most of the 'reasons' above are, I dunno. Feel free to do your research and share with us some interesting links. :)

[Andrew]

This is straight up advertising for the movie. Probably part of their alternate-reality game they have going on right now.

[❤Hazel Castella Dane'e's Mommy❤]

I think this shit is a bunch of bullshit. I'm going to live untill I fucking die. Didn't they say the world was going to end when it hit 2000 also? Yeah so Bunch of stupidity.

[Adria]

I think the 2012 doomsday theory is a load of crap. The Mayans couldn't finish their calender because...THEY DIED! I think its another scam like the Y2K scare.

[CaRoL N.]

Hmm, interesting how many people already assume it's bullshit without even making the effort to find out how much of it could possibly be true.

[SirReal Killer]

Lol.

[Leah Rachelle❤]

I really doubt this. I mean, seriously. the world has gone on for millions of years without incident, I think its bull shit.

[Geoff]

don't think so...the movie looks good though...haha

[PhonyMcRingRing]

*sigh* The hadron collider is safe. It does nothing that doesn't happen in our outer atmosphere hundreds of thousands of times a day. Shooting two atoms at eachother as hard as you can is harmless. If it created black holes, the universe would be full of them and the earth would have been swallowed before life could appear on it. This is whats going to happen: They are going to turn it on. They are going to smash some atoms and comb through the pieces. They are going to discover one or two interesting new things, including perhaps the Higgs Boson. They are going to publish papers. Some of the smarter newspapers will run short articles about how these discoveries are totally revolutionary, and will usher in a new era of Utopian super-science including materials that become zero-weight at will, which will make faster than light travel possible. None of this will come to pass. Life will go on for you an i. In about 30 years you might be able to buy some technology that is loosely based on discoveries made at the hadron collider, but it wont be one-onethousandth of what they promised, and you probably wont even really notice where the science came from.