Do you really believe..?

Question

Do you really believe that the world will end in 2012? I certainly hope not.

Answer 1

Nope.

Answer 2

Yes.

However, the world just ended. Just ended again. It ends and is reborn from moment to moment faster than I can type this and you can read this.

The world a moment ago is similar but different than the world now so in a sense, the world is perpetually ending and beginning anew.

Sort of like the riddle "what's always coming but never arrives?"

Tomorrow - when tomorrow arrives, its already today.

You could say the same thing about yesterday - its never really been yesterday because when 'yesterday' was happening, it was 'today'.

The Mayan calendar is what I think you are referencing. The Mayan calendar does indeed predict the end of the world. It also predicts the beginning of the next world. So far, there have been 4 previous worlds that died with the beginning of the next world.

We are in what Mayans called the 5th world. In 2012, the 5th world will end.... or you could look at it as in 2012, the 6th world will begin. Its a matter of perspective.

Answer 3

No, but more likely in 2036.

Feb. 19, 2007 — Circle your calendar. April 13th, 2036 could be a really, really bad day on planet Earth.A group of astronauts and engineers warns that an asteroid may pass uncomfortably close to Earth that day. The chances it will actually hit are just one in 45,000, but even at those odds, the scientists warn, the United Nations should consider a response.

The scientists met this past weekend in San Francisco to discuss the potential threats asteroids pose to the Earth and what can be done to prevent a possible collision.

Most feared is Apophis, a large asteroid that will pass within 10,000 miles of Earth around 2029 and even closer in 2036.

Dr. Dan Barry, a retired astronaut, told ABC News, "Even if the probability is low of an asteroid hitting Earth, if it has the potential to have a significant impact, then it has to be looked at. It is the absolutely responsible thing to do. In fact, it would be irresponsible not to do so."

Barry said more research is needed so that when a potentially dangerous asteroid is found, there is a plan in place. He said it is therefore important to start the search for asteroids now, to allow enough time to effectively deal with them.

Scientists believe that if advance warnings of dangerous asteroids like Apophis can be made decades in advance, there will be enough time to try and knock them off course.

Suddenly, Bruce Willis on a mission to stop a devastating asteroid from destroying Earth, as he did in the movie "Armageddon," does not seem as far-fetched.

Nobody knows for sure what it would take to push a massive asteroid off its course, but the theoretical possibilities include detonating weapons on an asteroid's surface or using gravitational pull to alter a possible collision course.

But it could also break an asteroid into many pieces, all still headed toward Earth.

Some scientists say a better option could be to launch a large satellite to rendezvous with an asteroid. The mass of the satellite alone could produce enough gravitational pull to change the asteroid's course.

Another suggestion is to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid in the hopes of changing its direction.

"Done far enough away, only a small deflection would be needed and it is kept in one piece," said Barry.

In 1996, NEAR became the first spacecraft launched by NASA to orbit and land on an asteroid. The purpose of the mission was to determine the asteroid's mass, structure, gravity and magnetic field. Scientists hoped this important information would help them understand asteroids.

So, while astronauts blowing up an asteroid may be movie fiction for now, scientists are already thinking about how to save Earth from a massive asteroid possibly on its way.

Answer 4

No, it will not end in 2012.

Answer 5

i don't believe that the world will end in 2012 because some scientist says that the earth is going to end when a big asteroid, bigger than the size of America gonna hit the earth and the earth gonna blow apart, and it's gonna happen like after 1000 years.

And some scientists says that a black hole gonna swallow the whole universe.

but i don't believe them. if you've seen the "End day" you'll see diffrent types of things how earth gonna end. It's on discovery Channel.

Answer 6

There have been many end-of-the-world predictions over the ages. Every time the date passes, the would-be doomsayer says "Oops, sorry. I guess I was mistaken. But the REAL end of the world comes in 20?? [Enter your choice]. I'm absolutely certain this time."

My answer to your question: No.

Answer 7

No it's either 2009 and if nothing happens then it's 2012. Afterwards there won't be no more end of world predictions because seriously no one will ever believe in them.

Answer 8

The world will end when it ends. There is nothing we can do about it, but try to make the quality of life better until then.

Answer 9

Who told you that? I certainly don't want to die when I am 19. It's not going to end when I'm around. Whats gonna happen I don't know. But I think if somthing bad is going to happen then, we would have known about it already.

Answer 10

I believe in Santa Clause, the Tooth Fairy and especially Casper the Friendly Ghost.

Answer 11

I don't really believe in it, just because I choose not to believe. It would be really unfortunate if this turns out to be the case, that's why. Let's just hope for the best.