2012 Apoclypse: Fact or Fiction?

[mrpez]

fact: a truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true

 

 

 

fiction: an imaginary thing or event, postulated for the purposes of argument or explanation

 

 

 

 

hmm...i wonder what the aztecs might have come up with to explain their fear of the unknown...

 

 

 

hint- see:fiction

[Maulmachine]

fact: a truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true

 

 

 

fiction: an imaginary thing or event, postulated for the purposes of argument or explanation

 

 

 

 

hmm...i wonder what the aztecs might have come up with to explain their fear of the unknown...

 

 

 

hint- see:fiction

 

 

 

You idiot,it was the maya who predicted it not the aztecs :shame:

[Kenshinjapan]

fact: a truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true

 

 

 

fiction: an imaginary thing or event, postulated for the purposes of argument or explanation

 

 

 

 

hmm...i wonder what the aztecs might have come up with to explain their fear of the unknown...

 

 

 

hint- see:fiction

 

 

 

You idiot,it was the maya who predicted it not the aztecs :shame:

 

 

 

Why must someone be insulted for getting something wrong? Is he really an idiot because he was incorrect :roll: ?

 

 

 

Anyways, this is just a joke. 12/12/12? Looks cool, except you have to take out the zero...and the two...

 

 

 

Does a doomsday theory have to erupt every time there's a cool date on the calendar?

[kam42705]

Allow me to clear up the sun issue for you guys:

 

 

 

The sun weighs in at 1 solar mass... That means that it is a main sequence star. It also means that it BEGAN as the planetary nebulae- after sufficient contraction, it facilitated fusion reactions. It was created 5 billion years ago. Using standard formulas, the sun's age as the main sequence star is 10 billion years, which yields 5 billion years into the future... That'll be when it exits the main sequence, and runs out of hydrogen within its core. Then it's in a dilemma. Thus, gravity pulls it tighter, and it heats up, facilitating helium reactions. This will cause it to swell into a red giant. Once it runs out of all possible fuel, it will shed its outer layer (Not by blowing up, but by dispersal)... After which it becomes a white dwarf (which is basically the naked core), and after it's done... a black dwarf.

 

 

 

And before all that occurs, we may reach the state of Armageddon on Earth- self- facilitated suicide. However, we will disperse- technology will lead us to colonise other planets, which may or may not facilitate our existence...

[mrpez]

fact: a truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true

 

 

 

fiction: an imaginary thing or event, postulated for the purposes of argument or explanation

 

 

 

 

hmm...i wonder what the aztecs might have come up with to explain their fear of the unknown...

 

 

 

hint- see:fiction

 

 

 

You idiot,it was the maya who predicted it not the aztecs :shame:

 

 

 

ive heard it was the aztecs from anyone ive asked. either way, if you werent such a blistering moron you would have realized that despite WHO created the story, my point is still valid.

 

 

 

[wagon].

 

 

Let's stop the name calling, both of you. ~meol

[hellbellz]

The Maya predicted that when this happens the demons of hell will destory the earth.

 

Demons of Hell? That's how I know it's never going to happen.

 

 

 

Again, sounds like some Y2K [cabbage].

[Guest]

Man, an Apoclyspe? Was this Gowers idea of a "great update"? Is this some way to end RWTing??

 

 

 

Anyways...Theres been million (or thousands) of doomsdays, yet im fairly confident im alive. *checks pulse*

[Da_Latios]

I thought a dipolar reversal takes centuries...

 

 

 

And if you're talking about the supposed Quasar at the center of the Milky Way, I doubt that's gonna do anything anytime soon.

[redhaloguy]

How many times do we have to die? Come on this is one of the more interesting years of my life. Maybe some people don't and are making up these stories to scare the rest of us.

[Maulmachine]

fact: a truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true

 

 

 

fiction: an imaginary thing or event, postulated for the purposes of argument or explanation

 

 

 

 

hmm...i wonder what the aztecs might have come up with to explain their fear of the unknown...

 

 

 

hint- see:fiction

 

 

 

You idiot,it was the maya who predicted it not the aztecs :shame:

 

 

 

ive heard it was the aztecs from anyone ive asked. either way, if you werent such a blistering moron you would have realized that despite WHO created the story, my point is still valid.

 

 

 

[wagon].

 

 

Let's stop the name calling, both of you. ~meol

 

 

 

Excuse me? The world doesn't need people propagating incorrect information, and I can assure you it was the maya, the Aztecs believed that they were living in the time of the 5th sun and that when Quetzalcoatl decided to destroy them he would.

 

 

 

On a further note, the maya knew a lot of galactic events, so I wouldn't say that they were afraid of their imminent doom, they probably just accepted it as an event that would come to be.

[DieselX]

I think it's lunacy. Some people are unhappy about how things work in the world, so they turn to the end of the world as the hope for everything to change. They need to learn to live in the present, instead of doing nothing and expecting events that might never happen. The end of the world would be horrible, everything that's beautiful would be destroyed, the only reason I can see that people would want that is if they are very unhappy and miserable and see it as the only way to get out of their misery.

[The Observer]

fact: a truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true

 

 

 

fiction: an imaginary thing or event, postulated for the purposes of argument or explanation

 

 

 

 

hmm...i wonder what the aztecs might have come up with to explain their fear of the unknown...

 

 

 

hint- see:fiction

 

 

 

You idiot,it was the maya who predicted it not the aztecs :shame:

 

 

 

ive heard it was the aztecs from anyone ive asked. either way, if you werent such a blistering moron you would have realized that despite WHO created the story, my point is still valid.

 

 

 

[wagon].

 

 

Let's stop the name calling, both of you. ~meol

 

 

 

Excuse me? The world doesn't need people propagating incorrect information, and I can assure you it was the maya, the Aztecs believed that they were living in the time of the 5th sun and that when Quetzalcoatl decided to destroy them he would.

 

 

 

On a further note, the maya knew a lot of galactic events, so I wouldn't say that they were afraid of their imminent doom, they probably just accepted it as an event that would come to be.

 

 

 

That's what I think anyway. Who knows, they might know more about space than we do! ;)

[Maulmachine]

Well... Maybe not space as a whole but their calendar puts ours to shame, also, it doesn't stop after the day where we are all supposed to be destroyed by hell. ;)

[Returned3]

Man, an Apoclyspe? Was this Gowers idea of a "great update"? Is this some way to end RWTing??

 

Anyways...Theres been million (or thousands) of doomsdays, yet im fairly confident im alive. *checks pulse*

 

 

 

Sorry, that already happened in January 2008. Back on topic, other than science I don't see how people could just predict that the world is going to end on so-and-so. I think its just a cry for attention to get the media buzzing, I mean c'mon... my school keeps telling me about this rumour called "Global Warming".

 

 

 

So anyways, I don't believe that on 12/12/12 we will all die. Infact, contradicting to my first post on this thread I believe that nothing will happen on that day and ultimately fear would be the death of us humans.

[Maulmachine]

Man, an Apoclyspe? Was this Gowers idea of a "great update"? Is this some way to end RWTing??

 

Anyways...Theres been million (or thousands) of doomsdays, yet im fairly confident im alive. *checks pulse*

 

 

 

Sorry, that already happened in January 2008. Back on topic, other than science I don't see how people could just predict that the world is going to end on so-and-so. I think its just a cry for attention to get the media buzzing, I mean c'mon... my school keeps telling me about this rumour called "Global Warming".

 

 

 

So anyways, I don't believe that on 12/12/12 we will all die. Infact, contradicting to my first post on this thread I believe that nothing will happen on that day and ultimately fear would be the death of us humans.

 

 

 

 

 

When enough humans believe that something will happen, they will make it happen.

 

 

 

Also, global warming is real :ohnoes:

[Yomyth105]

isnt it when the Mayans ended their calendar? the Mayans were great predictors too and everything they predicted came true. im not sure if this will happen, but now u can tell that things r going so wrong on earth than lets say 8 yrs ago :ohnoes:

 

 

 

i mean we have this global warming/harsh and extreme weather/nuclear etc.

[Fire_Dude]

Even if the sun were to "blow up", the world wouldn't go dark instantly. We'd still be receiving light and heat, for how long I can't remember. It would even look like the sun was still there. What I'm saying is that the rays that the sun let off before it "blew up" would still be on their way here. We'd be receiving the ones that left the sun however long ago.

 

 

 

And if 12/12/2012 is the date of this supposed apocalypse, doomsday would be on my 20th birthday. :o

[mrpez]

Even if the sun were to "blow up", the world wouldn't go dark instantly. We'd still be receiving light and heat, for how long I can't remember. It would even look like the sun was still there. What I'm saying is that the rays that the sun let off before it "blew up" would still be on their way here. We'd be receiving the ones that left the sun however long ago.

 

 

 

And if 12/12/2012 is the date of this supposed apocalypse, doomsday would be on my 20th birthday. :o

 

 

 

if the sun blew up, we would witness the explosion 8 minutes later, as it takes light 8 minutes to travel from the sun to earth.

 

 

 

its strange when you think that some of the stars you look at now might not even exist. this is as close as we will ever get to time travel. you are seeing something that existed thousands, if not millions, of years ago.

[ThurinEthir]

Even if the sun were to "blow up", the world wouldn't go dark instantly. We'd still be receiving light and heat, for how long I can't remember. It would even look like the sun was still there. What I'm saying is that the rays that the sun let off before it "blew up" would still be on their way here. We'd be receiving the ones that left the sun however long ago.

 

 

 

And if 12/12/2012 is the date of this supposed apocalypse, doomsday would be on my 20th birthday. :o

 

 

 

if the sun blew up, we would witness the explosion 8 minutes later, as it takes light 8 minutes to travel from the sun to earth.

 

 

 

its strange when you think that some of the stars you look at now might not even exist. this is as close as we will ever get to time travel. you are seeing something that existed thousands, if not millions, of years ago.

 

I'm pretty sure it would be less than 8 minutes, as the Sun would be much, much bigger if/when it "blows up."

[meol]

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Even if the sun were to "blow up", the world wouldn't go dark instantly. We'd still be receiving light and heat, for how long I can't remember. It would even look like the sun was still there. What I'm saying is that the rays that the sun let off before it "blew up" would still be on their way here. We'd be receiving the ones that left the sun however long ago.

 

 

 

And if 12/12/2012 is the date of this supposed apocalypse, doomsday would be on my 20th birthday. :o

 

 

 

if the sun blew up, we would witness the explosion 8 minutes later, as it takes light 8 minutes to travel from the sun to earth.

 

 

 

its strange when you think that some of the stars you look at now might not even exist. this is as close as we will ever get to time travel. you are seeing something that existed thousands, if not millions, of years ago.

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I'm pretty sure it would be less than 8 minutes, as the Sun would be much, much bigger if/when it "blows up."

 

The sun wouldn't explode, it'd start swelling and getting bigger until it engulfed the Earth. But that shouldn't happen in 4 thousand million years or so anyway, not in 2012.

[mrpez]

you're right, my bad. it takes 8 minutes for the sun's rays to reach us normally. when it blows up, probably only a minute or two.

[Mr_Adam]

you're right, my bad. it takes 8 minutes for the sun's rays to reach us normally. when it blows up, probably only a minute or two.

 

 

 

As meol said, when the sun blows up we won't be able to witness it, because it will swell, turn our planet into an image of Mercury, and engulf us. Don't worry though - It cant be a black hole (isn't big enough).

 

 

 

OnTopic: 2012 conspirators are just people seeking to use other people's fear to their advantages, to gain power and respect for something that others are gullible enough to believe. Wasn't Y2k the end of the world? Wasn't Sept. 11 the trigger to Nuclear war? Another cult believed the end was Oct. 31 2006(7?).

[mrpez]

im pretty sure if that if the sun were to blow up and engulf earth, the possibility of a black hole occurring would be the last thing on my mind.

[LiChef]

I don't listen to the Mayans! My Calender goes past 2012! I shall decide when the apocolypse is!

 

 

 

On a lighter note... At the present time all the things people have suggested are things we can do absolutely nothing about. If it is 2012 then we should all live life well until then.

 

 

 

Then cross your fingers :twisted:

 

Li Chef

[Will H]

I don't listen to the Mayans! My Calender goes past 2012! I shall decide when the apocolypse is!

 

 

 

On a lighter note... At the present time all the things people have suggested are things we can do absolutely nothing about. If it is 2012 then we should all live life well until then.

 

 

 

Then cross your fingers :twisted:

 

Li Chef

 

Agreed. Why are we speculating when we can't do anything about it anyway? If the world ends, so be it.