Does the Mayan calendar predict the end of the world in 2012?
In World Studies class at school we studied the ancient Mayans, specifically their calendars, and I found it quite frightening. Scientists say that these calendars and their predictions of various astronomical events were incredibly accurate. But then a movie we watched said the Mayans also predicted the end of the world, and that it’ll be on December 23, 2012. Are they accurate about this as well? What is the deal with the Mayan calendar and the date December 21, 2012? Is the world going to really end on this date, or is it just a scare tactic? — Caitlin, Columbia, Missouri; Joshua High One of the perks of traveling by car is getting to see the odometer turn over. For whatever reason, people tend to be mildly fascinated by the sight of a string of nines giving way to a string of zeros. No one thinks it’s the end of the world, or even the end of the car; they just like to be there when it happens. The same fascination extends to calendars, only amplified considerably and (at least for
