World coming to an end? Not convinced.
Four horsemen of the apocalypse The Mayans said that the world would come to an end on December 21st, 2012. But I really wonder about this because of a few specific points 1) What about that Mayan Calendar " The Mayans employed three calendars, all organized as hierarchies of cycles of days of various lengths. " ( 1 ) The longest date is actually later than what would be December 21st 2012. If the world were to come to an end at this date, why create a calendar with longer dates? " The Mayans believed at at the conclusion of each pictun cycle of about 7,885 years the universe is destroyed and re-created. Those with apocalyptic inclinations will be relieved to observe that the present cycle will not end until Columbus Day, October 12, 4772 in the Gregorian calendar." ( 1 ) 2) It might not be 2012 Not everyone uses the same calendar. This means that in some cases we are way past the 21st day of the 12th month of the 2012th year. We have already m...