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Originally Posted by Karibou
I don't want to drag this thread further off-topic, but I've always wondered what the difference is between 12/12/2012 and 12/12/1912, 12/12/1812, etc. They're all 12/12/12 :/ All of the "OMG 12/12/12 WE'RE GONNA DIE BECAUSE IT'S FREAKING 12/12/12" comments that I see everywhere always annoy me for that reason.
I always figured that all of this "end of the world because the Mayan calendar says so" business is just a result of the Mayans not calculating far enough into the future, and modern people just mis-interpreting that. I mean, come on, we can probably calculate into the 3000s with our fancy computers, but they didn't have any of that  Maybe they just gave up after that point. |
It has nothing to do with them not calculating far enough. In fact, they calculated further than that. But, some Mayans believed that 12/
21/2012 (note that it's NOT 12/12/2012) would be the end of the fourth cycle of the world, and has importance in their astrological calendar.