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cloudy_oneProbably not. In Archaeology we've started the unit on the Mayans. Of course their 2012 doomsday prophecy was brought up. For the record, the Mayans didn't actually say the world would be destroyed in that year, it just happens to be the end of a cycle. At worst that means we re-start again. My own thoughts are that their civilization came to an end before they were able to map out the next calendar. This one was scheduled (roughly) to end when the sun aligns with the center of the milky way galaxy. That's no easy feat to figure out. Imagine how much longer they would have needed for their next cycle.
We were talking about how we think people will react as the date (December 21, 2012) gets closer and closer. I'm figuring that there will be some people who go all out with survival gear and take the story literally and that there will be people who don't believe in it and will not care. Of course there will be those who do nothing in either direction and will act like their not paying attention to the day coming but will secretly be wondering. This made me think about the Y2K scare. It seems really similar.
I remember that changeover. I was still living in Kansas, I would have been ten years old I think. That night, I remember thinking about what it would mean if the world really did end at midnight. (By the way, I didn't think about the time zone issue or about the "2001" rollover issue). The thought that went through my mind was "Oh my gosh, I haven't even beat my Pokemon game yet!" I'm not joking by the way. It makes me wonder how many other children, and mostly grown people, are honestly in that kind of a frame of mind. Of course, who CARES if I finish that game, the world is ending; but that was my priority, and I think that's pretty sad, even for a ten year old.
Nowadays if that was the situation, the end of the world and all, it would be difficult not to think about all the things that my family and I haven't done yet, things we were "supposed" to be able to do. Tomorrow is never guaranteed. I would do my best, though, to think about how wonderful my life had been so far though. If there was preparation time I'm thinking we would all probably try to get out to some deserted land and spend our last hours/ days out there.
We were talking about how we think people will react as the date (December 21, 2012) gets closer and closer. I'm figuring that there will be some people who go all out with survival gear and take the story literally and that there will be people who don't believe in it and will not care. Of course there will be those who do nothing in either direction and will act like their not paying attention to the day coming but will secretly be wondering. This made me think about the Y2K scare. It seems really similar.
I remember that changeover. I was still living in Kansas, I would have been ten years old I think. That night, I remember thinking about what it would mean if the world really did end at midnight. (By the way, I didn't think about the time zone issue or about the "2001" rollover issue). The thought that went through my mind was "Oh my gosh, I haven't even beat my Pokemon game yet!" I'm not joking by the way. It makes me wonder how many other children, and mostly grown people, are honestly in that kind of a frame of mind. Of course, who CARES if I finish that game, the world is ending; but that was my priority, and I think that's pretty sad, even for a ten year old.
Nowadays if that was the situation, the end of the world and all, it would be difficult not to think about all the things that my family and I haven't done yet, things we were "supposed" to be able to do. Tomorrow is never guaranteed. I would do my best, though, to think about how wonderful my life had been so far though. If there was preparation time I'm thinking we would all probably try to get out to some deserted land and spend our last hours/ days out there.
