I don't think the world will end just because some (extinct) Mayans "only" made a calendar for the next 500 (then). I do think that a lot of people will be born around August/September of 2013.
Wrong. The world is much less likely to end in 2012 than not, so you are actually saying yes to the end of the world in an unsure way.
Oh sorry, did I direct my opinion at you? No. But still, just like that. "Wrong". First of all, how can you say someones opinion is simply wrong? And second of all, you obviously didn't get my point -.- Do you KNOW that the world wont end in 2012? Why tell me, have you made sure that there is no giant invisible dinosaur monster?
For the record, I believe in the end of the world just as little as you do, I'M JUST SAYING, you can't be 100% sure that it wont end. Do you have any idea what I'm trying to say here?
if a good portion of people think it is, then the market for gold, silver, houses, you name it, will crash because people will be selling everything so they can enjoy the last days.
For the record, I believe in the end of the world just as little as you do, I'M JUST SAYING, you can't be 100% sure that it wont end. Do you have any idea what I'm trying to say here?
you have a point, for all we know the world might end tomorrow.
Of course we don't know whether there is a giant invisible dinosaur or not, but by our current state of knowledge we can safely say that there isn't, unless everything we know is wrong. And about the mayan thing, the end of the world hype began thanks to a misinterpretation, since not even the mayans said anything about an end of the world, why should the risk be higher-than-average only because someone made a movie about it?
why should the risk be higher-than-average only because someone made a movie about it?
It shouldn't. A movie cannot increase the chance that the world will end. As for the movie being the only cause of the perceived higher risk, I do not agree with that. Instead, I think the movie you are referring to was created because people thought there was an above average chance of the world ending.
And about the mayan thing, the end of the world hype began thanks to a misinterpretation, since not even the mayans said anything about an end of the world
Correct, and I don't see why someone would misinterpret the end of a calendar and do so in a way that scares the world.
well like it was mentioned earlier there have been tons of doomsday claims. no one can know when the world ends. but if you're smart like me you can put an ad in the newspaper: "for $100 I will stop the Apocalypse on December 21, 2012. Guaranteed or triple your money back." I probably shouldn't share my get rich quick schemes with everyone but oh well.
let me try to explain this to you as simple as possible ok so everyone says that cuz both the mayan and chinesse calanders end on that day well i was watching an episode of ancient aliens and the were talking about how this like chinsee style building was in the middle of mexico in a what used to be a mayan camp or place or whatever you call it you get the point anyways that would mean that they could of had some way of communication so they would of figured out what they day would be together so now we are back to tha=e same thing samiel said
Why tell me, have you made sure that there is no giant invisible dinosaur monster?
It's true that we can't know definitively that something does not exist or will not happen. After all, it only takes one counterexample to overturn such a claim, and you have all of eternity to wait. But such arguments are often unreasonable.
On an unrelated note, the end of the world (should it come to pass) will certainly surprise a lot of people. Pessimists have everything to gain from being wrong, so maybe slightly hedging your bets isn't a bad idea.
