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[beachguy in thongs]

2012 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Several prophecies and legends project this year as when the end of the world or an evolutionary change in human consciousness will occur. - Wikipedia

[beachguy in thongs]

Here's, supposedly, the leading data-base on info of 2012...

http://www.diagnosis2012.co.uk/

[Oneironaut]

I've heard that in 2012 (I'm pretty sure it was 2012) a crap load of the planets will align, which would cause some real natural disasters on earth.

I don't really expect anything of the sort to happen. It reminds me of all the doomsday prophecies about May 5, 2000, when there was a planetary alignment. There were all sorts of websites predicting that the Earth's magnetic field would not be able to withstand the alignment and the poles would reverse, causing all sorts of catastrophes like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods and so forth. But, as it turns out, the gravitational pull of other planets has an incredibly minute effect on ours, especially when compared to such objects as the Sun and the Moon. That's why, for instance, the tides are determined by the position of the Sun and the Moon, but the other planets' effects on the tides are not measurable. If they can't even manage to cause a slight variation in the tides, it's certain that they won't be able to cause any natural disasters.

[MoonStarer420]

... but the other planets' effects on the tides are not measurable. If they can't even manage to cause a slight variation in the tides, it's certain that they won't be able to cause any natural disasters.

Ha I acually had to do this as a homework problem in my ast 2001 class. The tidal effects of all the other planets combined have almost no effect compaired to the sun and moon. You can derive the tidal force from newtons second law: Tidal force=2GMm/r^3.

Compair Jupiter and the Moon (because of it's mass Jupiter will have the greatest tidal effect on the Earth after the Sun)

Jupiter~7.47x10^9
Moon~1.22x10^15

This means that Jupiter has 0.000006 of the tidal effect on the Earth as the moon. The Sun has somthing like 0.26 of the tidal effect as the moon.

I'll have to find my old homework and find out what I acually did. But it's basicly done this way for each planet, then you sum up all the forces.

[Esoteric416]

Ok so mabey the world won't end in Dec. of 2012, but watch out when the 21st rolls around in Dec. of 4772!
That will be fun, I'm gonna load the biggest bowl an- . . . wait, I'll be dead.
Man I always miss out on all the fun stuff. First I wasn't alive for Woodstock, now this.

[harmonicminor]

Beachguy in thongs is right. this whole universe is changing phases and 2012 is when it becomes final. the scientists are learning the whole universe is heating but little do they know it is the whole atomic structure that is undergoing changes. humanity has to go to the next phase of being wich is another dimension. they will finally see the true spirituality and everyone will be united. there will be no more need for wars or anything of that nature. but untill then there will be earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and all kinds of natural destruction in greater and greater force. there will also be a big nuclear war probably by 2010. go here for more info http://www.divinecosmos.com/cms/

[CocaCola]

I predict by 2011 we'll all be floating balls of energy. True story.

[MoonStarer420]

Beachguy in thongs is right. this whole universe is changing phases and 2012 is when it becomes final. the scientists are learning the whole universe is heating but little do they know it is the whole atomic structure that is undergoing changes. humanity has to go to the next phase of being wich is another dimension. they will finally see the true spirituality and everyone will be united. there will be no more need for wars or anything of that nature. but untill then there will be earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and all kinds of natural destruction in greater and greater force. there will also be a big nuclear war probably by 2010. go here for more info http://www.divinecosmos.com/cms/

I think itâ??s hilarious, yet disturbing, that these organizations/cults make these predictions centered around the human species. What about the other animals? What makes us better then them? It seems we thrive on some superiority complex where we think we are above nature and not part of it. The Earth is about 4.5 billion years and some think itâ??s going to end in the next 6 or 7 based on 50 years of data? It seems heâ??s twisting the facts to create a panic in order to make money.

The Universe is changing, itâ??s been changing non-stop from the Big-bang (and probably before that but we may never know because nothing we know of today can probe beyond about 14.5 billion years ago.) I donâ??t know where youâ??re getting this indication that the atomic structure is changing. The partials that make up protons, neutrons donâ??t seem to be.

I do hope that humanity does unite, and it probably will be after another nuclear war. This is a shame because it seems no one (except for Japan) has learned what these weapons can do to our planet.

What destroys his entire argument is that he states â??The changes in the Solar System are only the more obvious and physical result of these changes, where the energy of consciousness itself is being upgraded, causing mass evolution to occur.â?� This is pure pseudoscience. This is not how evolution works. Nor does he talk about the current mass extinction that humans are already causing. If you want an environment for mass evolution to occur, you must first get rid of whatâ??s causing the reverse effect! I quote from Bender of Futurama â??DEATH TO ALL HUMANS!â?� â?¦or we could just learn how to lessen our impact.

[HvyFuel]

1666, 1777, 1888, 1999, 2012, blah, blah, blah. Should be 2112 to be pedantic.

[weedman7]

does this scare anyone else like it does me