Comments on: Mayan holiday

By: Dny'al M.

Dny'al M. — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:16:44 +0000

Mike C. makes a good point they are not dead, at the end of the of the 12th baktun the Itza Maya acknowledged it was the time of change and surrendered after resisting invasion for 100 years. So not wiped out (which as a Choctaw I have to say it wouldn’t have been that big a loss).

Additionally, let us not ignore the fact that the galactic-solar-terrestrial alignment will happen 12/21/’12 which and the last few times the this has happened the fossil record has suffered a great loss of species. So all I am saying is buying a few MREs might not be a bad idea, after all even if nothing happens you can still eat it.

By: Mike C.

Mike C. — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:43:07 +0000

Re: “The Mayans were wiped out how many hundreds of years ago? ”

I have news for you, they’re still here, and never left.

By: New 2012 trailer, with more wrongness | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:45:47 +0000

[...] us in), and so you can imagine the dim view I take of people claiming that a Mayan prophecy says we’ll all die in 2012. I have yet to see one claim about this stuff that is either a) remotely true or 2) not made-up [...]

By: LOL

LOL — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:49:32 +0000

are you dumb?
because the Mayan calendar ends then. Hint: it doesn’t. This is a total fabrication.
you must be to think it was a fabrication -_-

By: Martin Watts

Martin Watts — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:56:06 +0000

The end of the long count – now in the Zits comic.

See: http://www.arcamax.com/zits/s-476536-428134?source=1930

I particularly like the slogan in the final panel.

By: Nemo

Nemo — Thu, 22 May 2008 04:22:08 +0000

Gary Ansorgeon:

I have it on good authority that earth will end when humans have no furthur use for it,,,say, in about 22,000,000 years. It seems we’re gonna turn the entire mass into space colonies,,,eventually,,,

But that wouldn’t be efficient — you’d still have to haul all that mass out of the gravity well first. It makes more sense to build with smaller bodies, like the asteroids. Besides, I think that even 22 million years from now, people will still be a bit sentimental about Mother Earth.

I could see humans (or their descendants) leaving Earth and letting it revert to wilderness, until such time as the Sun made it inhospitable to life.

By: MattW

MattW — Wed, 21 May 2008 01:15:06 +0000

I just noticed my drivers’ license expires in November 2012. Do you think they could move the apocalypse forward a month or so? I really hate going to the DMV, especially if the world’s just going to end in a month anyways.

By: Richie

Richie — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:16:04 +0000

If i can quibble slightly, “Completely Believable” is not neccesarily the same as “Accurate”. Also, I get a “bad request” error following that link.

And I think this quote sums up all the prophecy’s I’ve ever heard:
“Past results are not indicators of future performance”

By: Joe R

Joe R — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:51:23 +0000

Well Im not sure where everyone is getting their information from but there are still 8 million Mayan’s left. Not all which follow their heritage.

However, the Mayan calendar (TUN) is a very complex system of events that have and will happen. All which have been confirmed by our scientists.

If anything happens Oct 28th 2011 (true date) It will not be bad, it will actually be something good.

Im horrible at describing things so I’ll leave you with a link to a 3 hour Conversation. EXTREMELY IMFORMATIVE. If you actually want to take the time and truly understand what you’re all bashing than please watch the video. Everything he talks about is mind blowing yet completly believeable, I myself have experienced this first hand. I’m not a preacher, I simply wish everyone to stop, take a step back from their everyday lives and see whats going on around you, your Nation and the Planet as a whole. http://www.livevideo.com/video/Eight…north-ful.aspx

By: OWER COTO

OWER COTO — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:30:33 +0000

2012 YEAR , MAYAN = 5125

12 MONTH

21 DAY

THE END IS NEAR…
RUN AWAY FROM THIS PLANET NOW!!!

By: mike burkhart

mike burkhart — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:06:25 +0000

the world ends in 1,000,000,000,000 years from now when the sun becomes a red giant end of story

By: textguzzler

textguzzler — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:14:03 +0000

As a further point against the doomsayers, and following their line of thought, every December 31st we should be in grave danger, being that date an end of a calendaric cycle, just like the Maya will be in 2012.

Just won’t happen.

Sad how we got people back to the end of the Middle Ages with this credulousness. Around the 1300′s in Mesoamerica, people cried doom and prayed for 5 days nonstop every end of calendar cycle (year in that case). We should know better by now.

Fortunately, we have BA and fellow skeptics trying to infuse some sense into that cohort of blockheads who refuse to think and analyse what they read. Go, BA, go!

By: Timbo

Timbo — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:45:42 +0000

Thanks for posting this it’s helped calm me. Any more debunking on the actually science claims on the end being 2012. Solar flare up having affects on the earth a possible asteroid hit in 2012? All things I’ve heard of.

By: John Emmerich

John Emmerich — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:20:12 +0000

@NASA Fan:

My birthday is in Christmas’ Eve. It seems that I’ll miss the cake

By: NASA Fan

NASA Fan — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:27:01 +0000

Thank You BA for the upcoming article. I recently had a co-worker make a comment about the end of the world in 2012, but as it was the first time I had heard about it, I could not make any counter argument beyound “that is nonsense.” I will soon be able to give him two articles to contemplate.

I do have to say this, that if the world does end on Dec.21 or 23 2012, then at least my brother got to celebrate his 44th. birthday just before doomsday. I would feel sorry for those whose birthday fell the day after doomsday, it would really suck to not only have the world end, but also miss out on birthday cake.

BA–If the Lord Witnesses are right, could you persuade them to move their doomsday back about 10 days so that my dad can celebrate his 70′th birthday–as stated above, I would hate for him to miss out on birhtday cake.

Thanks.

By: BrianMcL

BrianMcL — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:23:15 +0000

Can we file the outpourings of the IPCC and their “we’re all doomed by flood/drought/wind/sea (talk about truebiblecode covering its bets – or is that blasphemous?) by the end of 2100″ amongst the other doomsday nonsense that we seem to need to be terrified by.

By: YinYang0564

YinYang0564 — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:06:50 +0000

In case anyone didn’t catch that, it’s called sarcasm.

By: YinYang0564

YinYang0564 — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:05:22 +0000

We’re all gonna die in only 4 years! Weep, wail! LOL.

By: chris H

chris H — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:31:55 +0000

Alexander is right on. the History channel must be ran by a bunch of ufo, ghost, apocolypse believing woowoo loons. but the discovery network is doing the same

sometimes i wonder why i have satilite, so many channel but nothin on. i mostly watch history, discovery, and those learning channels. (but rarly TLC for what can i learn from watching degerates getting tatoos, or a disfunctional family building bikes) but mostly on weekend is none stop bible history or ufo searching or ghost hunting. Ide expect this crap from the sci-fi network but not History, Discovery, Travel channel.

at least Animal Planet doesnt do shows on bigfoot (Monster Quest, History Channel)

By: KaiYeves

KaiYeves — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:52:32 +0000

Thanks, BA. I’m a future archeologist and it drives me crazy when my friends ask about this, then don’t believe what I say. This sort of thing should get after-school specials, seeing as so many kids believe it.

By: John Emmerich

John Emmerich — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:21:44 +0000

Probably the Mayans didn’t finish the calendar, they were so busy “predicting the end of the world” that they missed Hernan Cortés slaying their tribes. Or they did and they had to run away, and left the calendar incomplete.

Now, sarcasm apart, I don’t believe on this AT ALL. I’m a huge, HUGE conspiracy nut, and I believe everything people say to me.

TU24? Scared as hell until Phil saved me. Roswell? Probably. Area 51? Hmm…

But this is stupidity taken to a WHOLE new level. Like saying that 9-11 was an inside job. Maybe it was, but come on. Or the New World Order theories. It’s all garbage. Okay, I believed it at first, but when I read the FACTS, everything was much, much clear.

And so is this.

Honestly? I’m gonna take the dust off the champagne bottle I’ve been saving since 2 years, and celebrate December 21st, 2012 with no further issue.

By: Gareth (bujin)

Gareth (bujin) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:21:55 +0000

As far as predictions go, you can’t beat the True Bible Code website!

http://www.truebiblecode.com/

“We now predict a terrorist Dirty Bomb or Nuclear Bomb will hit the East Coast of the USA between NYC and Washington possibly at Annapolis or at the UN tower in Manhattan on Shebat26 which is Friday/Saturday February 8/9″

The fact that (a) they have now widened their scope (it used to be just Manhattan), and (b) they have been wrong 50 times so far (all listed) seems to have escaped them.

It seems like a joke website, but there’s a hell of a lot of material on there which few people will ever read, so it’s a lot of trouble to go to for no reason. And it doesn’t explicitly say on the site that it is meant to be humorous!

Assuming that it’s not a joke, they have been warning people of a nuclear attack on America almost every week for nearly two years, and none has materialised. And if a dirty bomb was to go off in America (probably doesn’t even have to be Manhattan), they would then claim that their Bible code predicted it!

By: Gp

Gp — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:38:40 +0000

I went to an astrologer and he said my migraine would peak and end around 2012 or I will end by then?
the solar max is probably around that time too (2011 to 2013)…
Man I cant imagine what 2013 would be like when nothing happens :p
or do they prophesiers have more dates?

if anything, probably people will connect this to the solar max…and will turn this to the most watched, commercialized end of the world ever, ever!

Anyone for limited edition end of the world souvenir?

By: zeb

zeb — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:49:51 +0000

Didn’t the world already end in 2000?

By: Tom Marking

Tom Marking — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:34:31 +0000

Gee, everybody knows that the world’s not going to end on December 20, 2012 – the end of the 12th baktun, but rather October 12, 4772 CE – the end of the 19th baktun. That’s when the real bad word deleted is going to hit the fan.

FYI,
Here are the dates of the beginning of the Maya baktuns. As far as I am aware, nothing remarkable happened when the 11th baktun ended on September 17th, 1618 CE.

Gregorian: Monday, August 11, 3114 BCE
Julian: Monday, September 6, 3114 BCE
Mayan Long Count: 0 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: Thursday, November 13, 2720 BCE
Julian: Thursday, December 6, 2720 BCE
Mayan Long Count: 1 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: February 16, 2325 BCE
Julian: Sunday, March 7, 2325 BCE
Mayan Long Count: 2 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: Wednesday, May 21, 1931 BCE
Julian: Wednesday, June 7, 1931 BCE
Mayan Long Count: 3 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: Saturday, August 23, 1537 BCE
Julian: Saturday, September 6, 1537 BCE
Mayan Long Count: 4 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: November 26, 1143 BCE
Julian: Tuesday, December 7, 1143 BCE
Mayan Long Count: 5 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: Friday, February 28, 748 BCE
Julian: Friday, March 8, 748 BCE
Mayan Long Count: 6 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: Monday, June 3, 354 BCE
Julian: Monday, June 8, 354 BCE
Mayan Long Count: 7 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: Thursday, September 5, 41 CE
Julian: Thursday, September 7, 41 CE
Mayan Long Count: 8 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: Sunday, December 9, 435 CE
Julian: Sunday, December 8, 435 CE
Mayan Long Count: 9 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: Wednesday, March 13, 830 CE
Julian: Wednesday, March 9, 830 CE
Mayan Long Count: 10 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: Saturday, June 15, 1224 CE
Julian: Saturday, June 8, 1224 CE
Mayan Long Count: 11 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: Tuesday, September 18, 1618 CE
Julian: Tuesday, September 8, 1618 CE
Mayan Long Count: 12 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: Friday, December 21, 2012 CE
Julian: Friday, December 8, 2012 CE
Mayan Long Count: 13 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: Monday, March 26, 2407 CE
Julian: Monday, March 10, 2407 CE
Mayan Long Count: 14 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: Thursday, June 28, 2801 CE
Julian: Thursday, June 9, 2801 CE
Mayan Long Count: 15 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: Sunday, October 1, 3195 CE
Julian: Sunday, September 9, 3195 CE
Mayan Long Count: 16 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: Wednesday, January 3, 3590 CE
Julian: Wednesday, December 9, 3589 CE
Mayan Long Count: 17 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: Saturday, April 7, 3984 CE
Julian: Saturday, March 10, 3984 CE
Mayan Long Count: 18 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: Tuesday, July 11, 4378 CE
Julian: Tuesday, June 10, 4378 CE
Mayan Long Count: 19 baktun, 0 katun, 0 tun, 0 uinal, 0 kin

Gregorian: Thursday, October 12, 4772 CE
Julian: Thursday, September 8, 4772 CE
Mayan Long Count: 19 baktun, 19 katun, 19 tun, 17 uinal, 19 kin