OK, let's pretend for a moment that I am open to this hogwash. Before giving it any credibility, we must ascertain the following:
1) What predictions did the Mayans make,especially in the long term?
2) How many of those predictions came true, and how many did not?
3) Of those that did come to pass, how many of them were correctly understood before the fact (as opposed to those "retroactive" predictions Nostradamus is famous for)?
Unless the answers are:
1) A lot.
2) Many, few
3) Most or all
there is no reason to give this any credit at all. Simply being able to make a good calendar does not make one a good forcaster of future events, any more than making a good thermometer allows one special insight into global climate change.
And I also wonder if such a forcast were made by my Uncle Tommy in Jersey City if anyone would care? Then why do we care that the Mayans said it?
