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  • Mayan Calendar Doomsday Prophecies a Hoax, Says NASA

    Predictions about the end of the world on Friday, December 21 are reaching a fever pitch. From rogue planets to shifting poles, the crazy ideas put forth for how humanity will soon perish resemble countless past doomsday prophecies that haven’t come true.

    It seems that NASA has decided it is its responsibility to debunk all of the Maya Calendar rumors. Already, NASA scientists have participated in an hour-long discussion of how end-of-the-world predictions are not based on reality. In fact, NASA is so confident the world will not end that it has already prepared and released a video for December 22 that explains to bewildered believers exactly why the world will have kept turning.

    NASA is keeping at it, trying to save people from selling their belongings and waiting for an apocalypse that won’t come. A new video has been released by the agency, again speaking out against the doomsday rumors. In it, David Morrison, a senior scientist and astrobiologist at NASA’s Ames Research Center, goes through each of the most popular doomsday scenarios, tossing them aside like trash.

  • NASA Releases Preemptive “Why the World Didn’t End” Video

    There are only nine days left until December 21, 2012 – the end of the world if conspiracy theorists are to be believed. That’s the day the Maya calendar supposedly ends and ushers in the apocalypse.

    Of course, there isn’t any actual evidence that the world will end next week. In a Google Hangout earlier this month, scientists with NASA pointed out this lack of evidence and dismissed the claim as another in an endless progression of doomsday prophecies as old as humanity.

    But NASA didn’t stop at debunking the December 21 predictions. The agency has just preemptively released a video detailing why the world didn’t end on that day. The video is dated and presented as if someone will be watching it on December 22, with a narrator that calmly explains why the world will have not ended next week. It’s a sign of scientists’ incredible confidence that the world will not end.

    The video doesn’t gloat or condescend. Instead, it calmly lays out the facts that the Maya calendar never predicted the end of the world, that no asteroids or rogue planets are on their way toward Earth, and that the Sun is not a current danger to our planet.

  • NASA Debunks Doomsday, Apocalypse Prophecies

    As December 21, 2012 grows near, the hysteria concerning the end of the Maya calendar is coming to a head. Gullible people all over the world are stocking up on non-perishable items and preparing for an apocalyptic disaster. For scientists, though, these latest doomsday prophecies are the same thing as any prophecy – a claim without enough evidence to even be worthy of the label ‘hypothesis.’

    Not everyone knows bunk when they hear it, though, so NASA recently devoted the precious time of some of its scientists to debunking the spurious claims. NASA researchers from all over the U.S. gathered in a Google Hangout to discuss prophecy, the winter solstice, and the track record of doomsday prophecies (spoiler alert: they’ve all been wrong).

    Among the participants are Astrobiologist David Morrison, Asteroid Scientist Don Yeomans, Archaeoastronomer Mitzi Adams, Heliophysicist Lika Guhathakurta, and Astrophysicist Paul Hertz. The scientists methodically pick apart every silly prophecy and rumor about what disasters will happen on December 21. In particular, the group tears into the myth of the fictional planet Nibiru, which is rumored to be on a collision course with Earth.

    (Image courtesy MBisanz via Wikimedia Commons)

  • New Assassin’s Creed III Trailer Shows Desmond, Mayan Calendar Conspiracy

    The Assassin’s Creed franchise has always been friendly to conspiracy theories, so it’s not surprising that Assassin’s Creed III will deal with the modern-day Mayan Calendar theories. The theme also ties-in well with the GameStop-exclusive Mayan Ruins DLC, in which players will do some (boring-looking) platforming to retrieve a serrated sword.

    Today’s Assassin’s Creed III trailer, amazingly, does not show gameplay and colonial locations that have been seen in dozens of other trailers. Instead, Ubisoft has practically given away the main story arc of the game, showing gamers exactly where Desmond will fit into things.

    The video, seen below, could very well be the intro cinematic for the game. William Miles (voiced by John de Lancie) narrates and recounts the previous trials of Desmond, his son. Desmond has been captured by the Templars and used to obtain a valuable Piece of Eden. Now, with December 21, 2012 approaching, the world’s fate rests in Desmond’s hands.

  • The End Of The World Is Now Scheduled On Facebook

    We’re really going to have to hear about this whole Mayan calendar apocalypse all year, aren’t we?

    Sigh.

    Well, whether you’re of the can’t-beat’em-so-join’em group or if you actually expect/hope the world to end this year, some prophetic Facebook users have created an event page about the pending armageddon just for you. The concisely titled event, The End of the World, is currently accepting RSVPs for those planning to attend the annihilation of humanity or, if you’re still on the fence about attending, you can simply check yourself as a maybe. The event is slated to take place on “Planet Earth, Every Street” and the additional information provided on the event’s page is appropriately simple:

    INVITE EVERYONE!!!!
    This might, or might not, be the biggest thing since sliced bread so don’t let your friends miss this possibly life changing experience. I want to everyone on Facebook at this here shindig so don’t disappoint.

    It’s become commonplace for people to create farcical event pages for disasters. Some of you may recall the Post-Rapture Looting event from last year before the apocalypse decided to call in sick. If the comments on the event’s page are any indication on the quality of party animals you can expect to encounter on the ubiquitous Every Street – and, more importantly, be stuck in the company of post-armageddon – you might wanna take a pass on this global catastrophe and wait around till the next cataclysm:

    The End of the WorldI can’t wait!! OH WAIT, YES I CAN! *heh* *heh* 20 minutes ago · Like · 0 comments

    The End of the WorldI’ll bring the pot. Lol 24 minutes ago · Like · 0 comments

    The End of the WorldThere with Apocalyptic Bells on! 🙂 5 minutes ago · 1 like · 0 comments

    The End of the WorldEven the end of the world couldn’t keep me away! 9 minutes ago · 1 like · 0 comments

    The End of the WorldPARTY IN THE STREETS. 22 minutes ago · Like · 1 comment

    Yes, I agree with what you are likely already thinking: the apocalypse will be attended by no one above the age of sixteen. Great party, guys. Really. So in the absence of any competing apocalypse get-togethers that might actually sound like a bit of fun, I suggest everybody roll over and hit the snooze button on this Facebook anti-party and get your nap on until the world burps up another armageddon worthy of your attendance.