Written by: Janna Wing '12
Since the beginning of time there has been superstitions and civilizations that have predicted the end of the world numerous times, yet here we are. But so many still believe these consipiracy theories. Why would citizens honestly believe the Mayans and that our society, our world, will end this year when we have already survived so many dates they already predicted that we wouldn’t?
There are numerous assumptions made about 2012 being the end for the human race. These assumptions come greatly from the Mayans Calendar. Since the calendar ended on December 21, 2012 people now believe that it really will be our last day on earth. What they don’t realize is that how would the Mayans keep a calendar going if they died off? They simply can’t.
The reason why the calendar ended is because they didn’t continue it when there religion all died off. In 2000 and 2003 the Mayans also predicted that our world as we know it was going to end and the human race would die. So why would you believe this calendar? Something as miniscule as a calendar can’t predict something as big as life as we know it ending.
Movies have a great factor in why people begin to believe that we will die in 2012. The movie 2012 states that there will be increased solar activity and it will heat up the planets
core with neutrinos.
Despite the fact that neutrinos pass through the earth everyday but wont interact with anything. Scientist even put detectors underground to detect any reaction of the neutrinos, but nothing came of it. So in this specific theory the planets core will not heat up and explode.
The world ending in 2012 has become too much of a hype and people continue to talk about the situation and what may or may not happen. As many try to convince others it will end, people begin to believe the very unlikely scenario. Rumors about why the world will end are becoming far fetched, and exaggerated beyond belief.
People tend to also believe everything they are told, read online, see in magazines, and on T.V. If you want to believe the world will end read about it, don’t hear about it. You will see it is all just a superstition, and theory was created because of the Mayans calendar abrupt end.
2012 being are last date alive is all just a conspiracy. Many people, like the Mayans, try to predict turning points for the future so that those in the future can prepare for them. People like to believe it’s true just because of the past recorded extinctions, like the dinosaurs.
There will no doubt always be crazy people who believe the world will end. I believe that we will not being dying December 21, 2012 and am looking forward to December 22, 2012.
