2006-12-09 17:24:24 · 13 answers · asked by wind cries mary 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yes, the Mayan Long Count calendar says the 12th Baktun ends just before the winter solstice of 2012. The 13th Baktun begins 12-21-2012. Calendars don't "predict" anything, they are mathematical in nature. For instance, does our calendar "predict" that Christmas is on a Monday this year? No, you'd never think that. It's silly. So is thinking a calendar "predicts". People predict.
And no, the calendar doesn't END and the world doesn't END. It just rolls over like ours did from 1999 to 2000, unfortunately with much of the same dramatic and false hype.
2006-12-10 01:38:20 · answer #1 · answered by Gevera Bert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a load of crap!
Okay, if you look on the web, you'll find out that the Mayans based their calendars using accurate astronomy. By Winter Solstice 2012, it is said that the Earth will be on the Milky Way's equator. It will also start the calendar anew.
The Gregorian Calendar extrapolates the 365 days because the Earth doesn't go around the sun in exactly 365 days (365.something...) . These inaccuracies are corrected in the Mayan calendars, and I believe even the Sumerians or Babylonians had a similar calendar.
2006-12-10 02:24:00 · answer #2 · answered by pimpette666 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Mayan Calendar doesn't predict anything to happen in 2012 on the winter solstice, that just happens to be the "date" that their calendar begins its cycle anew. If the Mayans were still around they probably would have already devised a method of extending the calendar cycle well into the next millennium.
2006-12-10 01:36:09 · answer #3 · answered by oldironclub 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Mayan calender in itself predicts absolutely nothing. The Calender just ends in 2012, and it's cycle starts anew. It is the over zealous astrologers and occultists who like to suggest that this means the end of the world, but it is also those same ppl who thought the world was going to end in 1999, 1899, 1799, etc.
2006-12-10 01:54:10 · answer #4 · answered by johngrobmyer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh really?
And what precisely does it say, in what language and in what context?
Who made the discovery and who did the translation and interpretation?
Mayan Civilization went down the tubes shortly before the Spanish Conquest, so it would seem that for their world, the Mayans were off by about 600 years on the long side.
2006-12-10 01:36:20 · answer #5 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I expect the Mayan civilization will collapse into ruin that archeologists will be piecing together the broken remnants of in centuries to come.
2006-12-10 01:32:36 · answer #6 · answered by theshadowknows 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I thought the giant asteroid was not to hit the Earth until 2019? Oh, well, we all going to die one day. I just not sure knowing when is very fun, seems to take the excitement out of life. :-(
2006-12-10 01:34:03 · answer #7 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think someone is reading into the Mayan calandar something that isn't there.
2006-12-10 01:29:11 · answer #8 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They didnt have enough time to continue the calculation. Either way, it's the end of their time measuring scale. Like centuries to us.
2006-12-10 01:26:43 · answer #9 · answered by Julio Cesar C 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cool. That means I'll never be 30 years old.
2006-12-10 01:26:48 · answer #10 · answered by Cold Fart 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋