Mayan Prophecy

I don't think many people took the Mayan prophecy serious. You know the one I'm talking about. The world was supposed to end in 2012.


The media treated the end of a calender as a prediction of the end of the world. This turned out to be an example of the American media successfully duping me. It wasn't the end of the Mayan calendar as they led me to believe, it was the end of a Mayan calendar cycle.

The calendar cycle in question appears to last less than 400 years using a modified base-20 system. That means that the end of the cycle was less significant than the end of the millennium. Here's where things really go against the prophecy. The Mayans referenced dates beyond 2012 and had terms for longer periods of time than those currently referenced in the calendar.

The media still played up the prophecy. Some people took precautions in case they were right. Some people panicked and wasted money on survival supplies (although some survival supplies should generally be maintained). Others decided to enjoy their money before 2012 made their bank accounts meaningless. The media's portrayal of the Mayan prophecy had a legitimate impact.

Let me clarify something. The Mayan prophecy was a complete fabrication of the media. There was no prophecy. The Mayans were not predicting the end of the world. All evidence points to the Mayans believing that the world would make it through to the next calendar cycle.