2012 will be the end?

Question

This is strictly a scientific question, not religious. The Mayan calender, which has been perfectly precise for 500,000 years has ended in 2012. Now in 2012 we see a major scientific marvel. Once every 26,000 years the sun alligns with the milkyway. That will be December 21st, 2012. Now the sun alligning with milkyway is the event that the Mayans predicted to bring the end of the earth. Now the question, do you believe that if an ancient historical tribe can precisely measure 500,000 years of dates, that they may be right about the 2012 celestial event destroying the earth.

Please i am looking for productive opinions not some "blah its bull" answer, thanks.

Also the celestial event that occurs every 26,000 years where the sun and milkyway allign is true and has been used as a theory to why mars is uninhabitable but contains water (because this celestial event destroyed it).

Currently thank you for the small amount of productive answers, for the others i guess you have nothing better to do than spam a productive question looking for positive and negative feedback.

Answer 1

Okay, as scientific as possible. First, the only thing Man was measuring 500,000 years ago was the distance of their prey. Second, no one has yet deciphered what the end of the Mayan calender means, including a catastrophic event. All of the conjectures that you have heard are just that: conjectures. Third, in regards to the Sun aligning with the Milky Way: seems that it is perfectly aligned and in harmonious balance right now, don't you think? Fourth, the reason that Mars has water, yet is unhibitable (in human terms) may have been the result of a catastrophic event; ie: knocked out of alignment...out of the "zone of life". Basically, your assertions, while compelling, are based on assumptions and rumors, not science, so why would you expect scientific support?

ps: I also think that it's nonsense that these people, who I have studied, at length, along with hundreds of other of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, could do anything more precisely that we can today. The relationships that they figured out between the Earth and the sky was a matter of observation, patience and some deduction reasoning and they did a good job with the resources they had, but I don't rely on conclusions that others draw on the end of a calender chiseled on a finite stone disc.

Answer 2

Where did you get this 500000 years range from? It is a bold statement that is not factual. Mayan first settlement, and a primitive one that was, is about 5000 years old. That is a far cry from the half million years you quote.

Second, what is this aligning of the sun with the milkyway? The sun is a single point, and a point is by definition always resting on a straight line with another point, like the center of the galaxy, it is simply the line between the two points.

Then, the Mayan calendar does not predict the end of the world, just the change of era. Basically, it is just their counting system rolling over, like a car millage marker going over the 999999 mark and rolling back to zero.

You know what will really end in 2012? The nonsensical notion that the world is governed by ludicrous interpretation of primitive calendars from a civilization that went decadent from the 9th century on, and did not even use the wheel. The Mayan long count cycle is 5125 years or so, so the "situation" of 2012 should be similar to the one of 3113 BC or so. Has the world came to an end in 3113 BC? Because I am looking out my window, and I see it is pretty much there still...

Answer 3

I'm not sure what you mean by "the Mayan calendar...has been perfectly precise for 500,000 years." In what way? I don't know much about it, but I'm pretty sure the date of Dec. 21, 2012 was about more than a physical, celestial event and also involved various gods and things happening on the spiritual plane, a changing over from one epoch to another, or something like that. I think you'd need to be an expert on Mayan culture to fully understand it--and much of that has been destroyed.

I don't see how an alignment would accomplish anything. Our system moves up and down thru the galactic plane as it travels around the galaxy's rim. Are you referring to this motion? I have heard it proposed that this brings our sun and planets closer to clouds of space debris, which might result in greater collisions, but I don't know if it's been proven.

Answer 4

Our solar system is a member of the Milky Way. Then how the question arises "alligning with the Milky Way". If the sun is alligning, naturally the copmplete solarsystem is alligning. Then why do you worry about the collapse of the earth only. Hello, "Jesus is real" , Astronomy was not developed even at the time of Jesus. That is why ,the scientist who declared "the earth is round" was imprisoned till death. The catholic church was reluctant to accept the fact. Still they were believing that the earth is flat. Science developed so much and the catholic church took about 2000 years to realise and apologise the mistake (thanks to Pope Paul VI). If this is the fact how can one still stick to the calendar of 500,000 years,
The same type of news spread in 2000 AD also and we all have seen what happened. So far nobody has predicted any natural calamity hundreds of years in advance. Of course nowadays science has developed to predict tsunami. cyclones etc using ultra modern equipments. I am not an atheist. But I find it very difficult to believe extremely supernatural predictions.

Answer 5

If it happens every 26000 years while it's so destructive that it will mean the end to the earth as we know it, why are the earth and it's inhabitants still here? No blabla, this is a serious question.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.

About the origin of the Maya calender, there's not really much known as far as I know. But you maybe able to find out more over here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_calendar#Origin_of_the_Tzolk.27in

You also seem to demand an instant answer. Science is not your god, it's not an instant solution for every problem that may boil up in your brains. Science is known for the things it doesn't know. That's why there is science in the first place, to reduce the amount we don't know. If you want instant answers, ask your priest or minister or whatever they are called, or pray, and pray, pray some more and more, till Jeeeezzzzzzzuuuusss!!!! Theee Looooord Aaaalmiiiightyyyy tells you.

Answer 6

The predict of the mayan's are not true, because they believe that the sun is there god. The scientific true is the asteriod that will strike our earth and make a great blast and that is the time of the end of the world. But our scientist tell in the people that they will do there best to do who they save the earth in the great blast. The question will solve before the time. Watch the arramagedon to fine out what the solution of that question

Answer 7

It doesn't matter whether you like the answers; if you state that it's a scientific question and then it's nothing of the sort, people can't give you what you want, can they?

The Mayan calendar hasn't been precise for half a million years because their civilization existed for only hundreds. And the statement about the "sun aligns with the milky way" makes no sense.

That's productive because it's the truth. If you don't like answers, don't ask questions. But you'll learn nothing.

Now for my public spanking.

Answer 8

first, the sun and us are INSIDE of the the milky way ( its the name of our galaxy)

second, to me the math is way off. like i mean if this happened every 26,000 years than we would already been dead. our planet is like about 2 or 3 billion years old (i cant recall the exact age sorry)

third, a tribe cannot predict our end. they only did not have enough time to finish their calendar before their empire collapsed and left it like that. besides, many people have tried to predict our end and they have always been wrong. first, some guy said the end would come in the year 2000, then this other guy said it would end this year. they just keep changing "our death's date". to me, they just want money and fame. only god can decide when. and if you really belive on god than just wait for our time. since is our estiny to reunite with him in heaven. so i dont really believe in this rumor because we could die any time.

Answer 9

There is no reason this 'celestial event' would have ANY impact on the Earth or Mars. I have never heard this 'theory' of Mars not having water for this reason - I very much doubt it appeared in the Astrophysical Journal.

Answer 10

I believe that 2012 will be the end of the current round of the "Earth is doomed" panics that seem to come around every few years.

World to end at 3:30 this afternoon. News at 6:00 ☺

Doug