JoeTheBro on 04 November 2012
| arcane_chaos said: I believe researchers have said that the Mayan's never accounted for leap-year, so the supposed 2012 incident should've already happened regarding accurate time. |
| sundin13 said: I was talking to someone today about this (briefly) and they said that with the differences between our current calendar and the mayan calendar, such as things like leap years, "December 21" by the Mayan calendar actually occurred a few months ago. I didnt check the validity of this claim but it does make sense. 12/21/12 will be like Y2K |
That is just some internet BS some guy started because he didn't understand calanders. The Mayan calander doesn't have leap years but it didn't need them because a year was not just 365 days long. Anyway the date is correct and corresponds with three things. It is not just a random time when they stopped writing.
1. Shortest day of the year
2. The Earth, Sun, and center of the galaxy are perfectly aligned
3. The Earth is at the bottom of a rift valley
Do these mean the end of the world? No, but they are pretty good signs at how smart the Mayans were.
