A movie that came out in 2009 called 2012 portrays the end of the world in a series of cataclysmic events that spawn from many factors. How "real" is this.... well, on another show called "Conspiracy Theory" also profiled the 2012 disaster. This all stems from the Mayan calender, Nostradamus, and some other predictions that people are taking as certain ending of days. If you ask me this is nothing more than another Y2K being blown way out of proportion. Below are 2 clips, one is the 2012 movie and the other is the conspiracy theory show.
The conspiracy theory show is part 1 of 6 on youtube so if you want to see the entire thing just search for it. In the show, they show contractors that are selling "condos" built in old missile silos that will supposedly house the occupants from a numerous amounts of dangers for an extended time. Scientifically this is somewhat possible to design but is in the hypothetical realm as far as we have never tried many of the methods they discuss. the other thing is that each condo is selling for a cool 50 million a piece which excludes many in the world. This is one reason it is on a conspiracy show, the fact that they are catering to the rich and famous and not humanity is a certain question that no one is willing to answer. Personally this is yet another reason to me that this is another Y2K and a quick way for many to get rich. Hollywood in this case personifies the scare tactic that many take as science and is just crap overall.
It's a bit ridiculous that so many people put their time, money, and energy into worrying about end of world scenarios. It really takes away from focusing on the world's current problems IMO.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with this whole thing being blown out of proportion. Yet, I think the whole thing can be explained by a lack of proper science communication! From my own research in the topic I discovered that most of the dooms-day theories come from can be stated as a mistranslation of the Mayan language. Keep in mind we don't have actual word for word translation, but many that consider themselves experts in translating this language say that there is no reference to the world ending in an apocalyptic manner. Rather, the translation is a changing of life cycles, a new beginning, not an unavoidable end.
ReplyDeleteI don't even think it's in the same realm as Y2K--lots of smart people believed that posed a real threat and took action. This seems like a lot of hocus pocus.
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