Friday, September 12, 2008
End of the world
Edit:
Due to popular demand, the confusion of this post is now explained.
What is the big hype:
There's been lots of news about that the earth is coming to an end in 2012, due to the Mayan prohecy. Why Mayan you may ask, this is because there has been news that the Mayan has made some predictions a few thousand years ago that came true i.e 911 incident.
In 2012, the Mayan long count calender shall end and people says it signifies the end of the world, mankind, everything.
So I did a little search and found that this is based upon the Mayan Long Count calender.
From
http://www.universetoday.com/2008/05/19/no-doomsday-in-2012/"The base year for the Mayan Long Count starts at "0.0.0.0.0". Each zero goes from 0-19 and each represent a tally of Mayan days. So, for example, the first day in the Long Count is denoted as 0.0.0.0.1. On the 19th day we'll have 0.0.0.0.19, on the 20th day it goes up one level and we'll have 0.0.0.1.0. "
"The Mayan Prophecy is wholly based on the assumption that something bad is going to happen when the Mayan Long Count calendar runs out. Experts are divided as to when the Long Count ends, but as the Maya used the numbers of 13 and 20 at the root of their numerical systems, the last day could occur on 13.0.0.0.0. When does this happen? Well, 13.0.0.0.0 represents 5126 years and the Long Count started on 0.0.0.0.0, which corresponds to the modern date of August 11th 3114 BC. Have you seen the problem yet? The Mayan Long Count ends 5126 years later on December 21st, 2012."
"Archaeologists and mythologists on the other hand believe that the Mayans predicted an age of enlightenment when 13.0.0.0.0 comes around; there isn't actually much evidence to suggest doomsday will strike.
If anything, the Mayans predict a religious miracle, not anything sinister. "
"the Mayan Doomsday Prophecy is purely based on a calendar which we believe
hasn't been designed to calculate dates beyond 2012. Mayan archaeo-astronomers are even in debate as to whether the Long Count is
designed to be reset to 0.0.0.0.0 after 13.0.0.0.0, or whether the calendar simply continues to 20.0.0.0.0 "
Weee. So now I'm pretty much relieved = =
PLUS: The Mayan uses many different cycles like Venus cycle, Solar cycle calender thingie and mesh them all together to form an extremely long calender.
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