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Asked by lucie to Fiona, Jane, Joanna, Michelle, William on 18 Jun 2010 in Categories: General.
Question: why do people believe that the world will end in 2012?
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Michelle Murphy answered on 16 Jun 2010:
Hey Lucie
The date of Dec 21 2012 is based on the winter solstice the year the Mayan calendar finished. Belief is not always based on facts and evidence so it’s up to you what you think about this. People also thought the world would end at the end of the last millennium. I am not sure I could fit everything I want to do in my life in to the next two years so I hope we are all around for longer than that.
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Joanna Brooks answered on 16 Jun 2010:
Hi! The ancient Mayans believed that the world will end on 21 December 2012 because it’s the final date in their calendar which spanned 5,125 years. But scientists in general dispute this and say that the world will not end on this date. In fact, there is not really any evidence to suppose that it will.
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Jane Henry answered on 16 Jun 2010:
Humans are strangely attracted to doom scenarios especially around significant calender dates. History shows there have been a glut of end of the world cults around 0AD, 1000AD and now we have the 2012AD version. I wonder if the book popularising the 2012 Mayan version also took off becuase people are unconsiously afraid that they have been bad – polluting the earth, not looking after the poor. Fundamental Christians whose belief system leads them to expect the end of the world can also easy interpret increased extreme weather events such as hurricanes (which were predicted as one side effect by global warming scientists) and larger number of big volcanic eruptions ( the number of large eruptions appears genuinely to have increased over the last twenty years) as the hand of God. I suspect all these factors play a part in accounting for the popularity of the 2012 version of the end of world. Some Mayan experts dispute that 2012 is the end of the Mayan calender anyway btw.
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Fiona Randall answered on 18 Jun 2010:
There was a theory ages ago by a guy called Nostradamus and he apparently predicted some really big events like 911. He predicted the world will end in 2012 too. The wording of his predictions are not so clear though and easy to associate with a past event so I wouldn’t worry too much 🙂
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Comments
jodii commented on :
i dont beleive it will end
it all talk
Michelle commented on :
Skin colour is created by different amounts of melanin in your skin calls reflecting light differently. People with more melanin have darker skin and those with less are paler.
It is thought that as humans evolved in Africa it is thought that we were all originally dark skinned because dark skin helps to protect against the sun and skin cancer. As humans spread to other parts of the world the dark skin was not needed as much, so melanin became less important to survival. So in countries further from the equator where it is not as hot people developed lighter skins as they did not face the same pressure to protect themselves from the sun. I have really pale skin and fry in the sun without a high factor sun cream.
Michelle commented on :
sorry wrong question box-oops
milkbottleman commented on :
why do people believe all the stories and rumours when there is no evidence just slight superstition?