I was watching a television programme last night about ancient civilizations in South America, the Incas, the Aztec and the Mayans. Most interesting, but whilst looking at the Mayans, the subject of their calendar was looked at and it seems that their calendar ends in 2012. What they didn't seem to predict however, was that their own civilisation would end long before that.
I found an interesting web site on the topic at The Mayan Calendar - The End Days Guide part of which considers super flares when stars such as our sun suddenly become much brighter. The next time for this is 2012, although there has already been much more activity than usual.
As London is trying to win a bid to host the Olympic Games in 2012 perhaps we should hope that the end of the world will be in the latter part of the year, otherwise a lot of money will be wasted. On the other hand, it could be quite a spectacular send off party, and any new records set would last for a long time!
Should we be worried? Well probably about as much as for the millennium Bug which was predicted by some to be the end of civilisation as we know it. Alternatively of course Al-Qaeda might get us long before.
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