what do ye intp's make of the 2012 mayan prophecy?

They don't know what's going to happen really.. December 21, 2012 the earth is going to align with the galactic equator. Here's some info:

Well what does that mean and what does it have to do with humanities future? In the milky way, which is an active galaxy, our solar system moves above and below this galactic plain. As stars and planetary systems, including our own approach this galactic plain the gravitational influence increases, which disturbs the stability of the planets, including earth. The passage through the most dense portion of the gravitational plain is the direct result of the devastation cycles and pole shifts that we see recorded throughout earths history. This distinct nature of our solar system is how many ancient civilizations based there calenders, which are incredibly accurate.

Although many of us have heard or are aware of the ancient Mayan calender, a lot of us either don’t understand it or simple don’t know how it works. Well to start the ancient Mayans had a very accurate understanding of our solar system and its cycles. Their long count calender is most significant of their calenders because according to Mayanist (people who study Ancient Mayan People and culture) it ends on the specific date of December 21 2012, which coincides with modern day astronomers, who believe that is about the time that our planet alignment takes place with the galactic equator.

Modern scientists have a theory that is quite similar to the Mayan prophecies of the planets alignment. This theory is called pole shifting, in which the position of the north and south pole change, which could cause world wide disaster, massive tsunamis could wipe out coastal cities, hurricanes on every continent, it would be major catastrophe, unlikely as it seems a Princeton University study suggest the poles have shifted before and that the north pole was in the middle of the pacific, which would put Alaska at the equator.

This doomsday date has been prophisized for thousands of years by the Mayans, Zulus, Incas, Hopi Indians, and many other ancient civilizations. Some believe it is a day of enlightenment, some believe the pole shift theory, and some believe that gods will come that day. Whatever the case may be and with some many different scenarios I hope the best one plays out.

Who the fuck knows.

Cobicobe said:

Modern scientists have a theory that is quite similar to the Mayan prophecies of the planets alignment. This theory is called pole shifting, in which the position of the north and south pole change, which could cause world wide disaster, massive tsunamis could wipe out coastal cities, hurricanes on every continent, it would be major catastrophe, unlikely as it seems a Princeton University study suggest the poles have shifted before and that the north pole was in the middle of the pacific, which would put Alaska at the equator.

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I'm sorry, but I have to debunk this...via Wikipedia

"The cataclysmic pole shift hypothesis is the conjecture that there have been rapid shifts in the relative positions of the modern-day geographic locations of the poles and the axis of rotation of a planet. For the Earth, such a dynamic change could create calamities such as floods and tectonic events.[1] This type of event would occur if the physical poles had been or would be suddenly shifted with respect to the underlying surface over a geologically short time frame. This hypothesis is almost always discussed in the context of Earth, but other bodies in the Solar System may have experienced axial reorientation during their existences.


Among the scientific community, there is no research that indicates a rapid change in the position of the rotational axis. There is evidence of precession and changes in axial tilt, but this change is on much longer time-scales and does not involve relative motion of the spin axis with respect to the planet. However, in what is known as true polar wander, the solid Earth can rotate with respect to a fixed spin axis. Research shows that during the last 200 million years a total true polar wander of some 30° has occurred, but that no super-rapid shifts in the Earth's pole were found during this period.[2] A characteristic rate of true polar wander is 1° per million years or less.[3] Between approximately 790 and 810 million years ago, when the supercontinent Rodinia existed, two geologically-rapid phases of true polar wander may have occurred. In each of these, the Earth rotated ~55°.[4]"

I would love to know who these "Modern Scientist's" are...so as I know not to read anything they write going forward. However, we can safely assume that they aren't very respected