Yesterday I talked about how the world is going to come to and end\u2026 soon. Well, religion isn\u2019t the only source of superstition in this regard. For some reason many Americans are actually living in fear of the year 2012 (and not just because Sarah Palin might run from President).<\/p>\n
Yes, Hollywood is coming out with a big budget action movie with lots of explosions and no story or plot called, you guessed it \u201c2012.\u201d And in their marketing of the film they instruct people to google \u201c2012.\u201d This of course yields every conspiracy website and crack-pot theory about how the Mayan Calendar ends in 2012 and how the Sun, the Earth, and the center of the galaxy will align themselves to create a gravitational pull which will surely flip the Earth on it\u2019s axis. There is also the theory that the Sol System is a binary solar system and in the year 2012, the second sun will pop back into the solar system. Oh, and then there is the legendary planet between Mars and Jupiter which was knocked into another orbit and will be returning in 2012 to cause gravitational pull. The theories get crazier from there. Aliens from another planet will be coming, inter-dimensional beings are going to be coming, and who knows, the evil Lord Xenu himself might even stop by to say hello.<\/p>\n
Of course, there will also always be some crafty entrepreneurs who will take advantage of the stupid people who believe any of this crap. Part of me wishes that I was one. Aside from this film which is obviously marketed to take advantage of some of these people\u2019s stupid beliefs, there are websites selling 2012 survival guides, equipment, insurance, etc.<\/p>\n
I think that the best way to debunk all this nonsense is to let Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson do my debunking for me. I\u2019m feeling lazy today (must be the moon\u2019s pull on my ass).<\/p>\n