end of the world in 2012
http://30hours.com The widespread Internet belief that Dec. 21, 2012, will be doomsday for planet Earth because some astronomical event will destroy or decimate our planet is a complete hoax, according to NASA scientist David Morrison. His concise summary of the claims and the scientific response is being published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific as a public service at: http://www.astrosociety.org/2012
For several months, NASA and many astronomers have received increasingly worried letters and e-mails from members of the public about the possibility, widely touted on the Internet, that the world will end in 2012. Many mechanisms for doomsday are being proposed, including a collision with a fictional planet called Nibiru, deadly activity on the surface of the sun that lashes out at Earth, alignments with the center of our galaxy, etc. David Morrison has coined the term cosmophobia — fear of the cosmos — for these concerns, and has seen a huge increase in the phenomenon this year.
Dr. Morrison, a world-renowned expert on the solar system (and asteroid impacts), also serves as the public scientist for NASAs Ask an Astrobiologist service, where he answers questions for the public. He has received so many questions about 2012 and the end of the world, that he felt he had to investigate and set the record straight.
One of his most interesting findings is that the distributors of the science fiction motion picture 2012, to be released this November, are purposely feeding the flames of the Internet panic (in what is called a viral marketing campaign) by creating fake science websites and encouraging people to search for 2012 on the Web. Most of the sites such searches encounter are full of nonsense and misunderstanding, often by people who have written books on coming disaster that they are trying to sell.
Morrisons article is in the form of questions and answers, and is followed by a resource guide that allows readers to find even more scientific information about why no 2012 disaster is in the cards. There are many reasons to worry about the future of planet Earth, of course, but absolutely no reason to single out the winter solstice of 2012 as a special time to be concerned.
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“If nobody knows …
“If nobody knows those details, the planet doesn’t exist!” – StonesDunedin
That’s a big assumption to make. You don’t know what they know. There’s a reason that top NASA scientists/P.R. people must have top secret (and above) security clearances.
I’m not saying if the world will end in 2012 or not. All I’m saying, is that if it was, they wouldn’t tell us anyway.
And your Sagan quote fails simply because you don’t know whether the evidence exists or not.
who else here …
who else here remebers walking into a grocery store on december 31st 1999, and seeing all the people buying tons of water and food and gas and panicking and then….nothing happened?
All it takes is one …
All it takes is one big freaking asteroid or meteor to annihalate us. Even NASA admits they can’t track them all. Even had a “near miss” on astronomical terms just months ago, yet there is nothing to worry about..right? Yea ok sure, keep lying to us NASA.
and so is science!
and so is science!
2012 hah fake
2012 hah fake
Can t wait untill …
Can t wait untill 2012 dont happen,to rip into you fools, you lot are nut jobs.
wow were …
wow were then you got goverment peoples coming forward to debunk this,to show that apparently this is not real?
the mayan calendar …
the mayan calendar is true the final blow or the final date is december 21 2012 but they not say its THE END OF THE WORLD and that planet x or nibiru are true but according to the the n.a.s.a the nibiru is coming in 3012 its a long way to come guys!!
Carl Sagan said: ” …
Carl Sagan said: “Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary levels of evidence if they are to be believed.” eg. Please advise the right ascension and declination of Planet X / Nibiru. If nobody knows those details, the planet doesn’t exist! — After December 21, 2012, I expect the Internet will be flooded with apologies written by doomsayers whose claims didnt have a basis in fact.
he had to put …
he had to put climate change into the mix. now i know he’s fulla shit. he knows not a thing. i don’t give a rats about what he says or thinks. sak him about the IRAS sattellite. “we like to tell the world”. hay ! nasa ! your a lire ! “finger on the pulse”. more like a finger up your lying ! ya nwo shill !!
@XenosagaKosMosKid …
@XenosagaKosMosKid .. U have have been listening to a bunch of tards. Listen to nasa , but dont at the same time. Because they are known to lie.
@toolshopmarathon …
@toolshopmarathon lol
Yeah. i like pizza …
Yeah. i like pizza too!
this guy looks like …
this guy looks like he is holding in a huuuuge shit.
whats suppost to …
whats suppost to happen then i herd like 10 diff things i know its fake >.>
2012 IS FAKE
2012 IS FAKE
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lllllllloooooollllll he is stoned and retarded
has that guy from …
has that guy from nasa wasted he look like hes had weed today stoned as lmfao at this guy