Shut the up about the Mayan end of the world plz

Well, it's been awhile since the millennium came and went without the world ending, so now screwball conspiracy theorists and hack writers looking to cash in on other peoples paranoia have latched onto the supposed Mayan apocalypse which is apparently going to happen sometime in 2012.


Oh noes! The Mayans predicted the Muppet's! ZOMG it's all coming truuuuue!!11Elventyone+1!

Of course this is silly and not based on any sort of testable evidence or logic. People keep making baseless claims that the world is going to end and every single time they're wrong. After 2012 comes and goes there will be yet another crack pot doomsday scenario for gullible people to freak out about, just like what happened before -

Jesus and Paul thought the gig was up some time during the 1st century CE http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrl16.htm

Multiple failed prophesies http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrl2.htm

http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrl12.htm

http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrl4.htm

http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrl9.htm

http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrl10.htm

There's too many to list. Just go here for a great collection of past failed predictions plus some more predictions that will fail in the future. http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrld.htm

End of the world rumors prey upon peoples natural inclination towards superstitious beliefs, a byproduct of our own evolutionary survival mechanisms. Once these predictions are brought out into the light and it becomes apparent that they are not based on any real world testable evidence or quantifiable data it's easy to dismiss them for what they are - big steaming piles of fail.