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== '''[[ | == '''[[2012 doomsday prophecy]]''' == | ||
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'''2012''' doomsday predictions were irrational fears fueled by certain booksellers, fearmongers, moviemakers and other hucksters to encourage public panic for the purpose of making money. The hoax used dubious claims about [[astronomy]] and ancient Mayan calendars to promote nonsensical predictions regarding apocalyptic events supposed to occur on December 21st or 23rd of 2012. Doomsayers suggested there will be destruction caused by global floods, solar flares, exploding sun, reversals of the magnetic field, or planetary collisions.<ref name=twsMar14g>{{cite news | |||
|author= Maria Puente | |||
|title= Oh, Maya! Is 2012 the end? Film boosts doomsday frenzy | |||
|publisher= USA Today | |||
|date= 2009-11-12 | |||
|url= http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2009-11-12-2012_CV_N.htm | |||
|accessdate= 2010-03-14 | |||
}}</ref><ref name=twsMar14k>{{cite news | |||
|title= Scared Of Planet Nibiru? NASA Would Like To Help | |||
|publisher= NPR | |||
|date= November 15, 2009 | |||
|url= http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120436493 | |||
|accessdate= 2010-03-14 | |||
}}</ref> Many people are scared.<ref name=twsMar14f>{{cite news | |||
|author= Brian Handwerk | |||
|title= 2012 Prophecies Sparking Real Fears, Suicide Warnings | |||
|publisher= Huffington Post, National Geographic News | |||
|date= 2009-11-10 | |||
|url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/10/2012-prophecies-sparking_n_352296.html | |||
|accessdate= 2010-03-14 | |||
}}</ref><ref name=twsMar14m>{{cite news | |||
|author= CHRISTINE BROUWER | |||
|title= Will the World End in 2012? | |||
|publisher= ABC News | |||
|date= July 3, 2008 | |||
|url= http://a.abcnews.com/international/story?id=5301284&page=1 | |||
|accessdate= 2010-03-14 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
Scientists agree 2012 doomsday forecasts are "bunk".<ref name=twsMar14b>{{cite news | |||
|author= Mark Stevenson, Associated Press | |||
|title= Scientists debunk 2012 as doomsday date | |||
|publisher= San Francisco Chronicle | |||
|date= October 11, 2009 | |||
|url= http://articles.sfgate.com/2009-10-11/news/17183490_1_meteor-tablet-stone | |||
|accessdate= 2010-03-14 | |||
}}</ref><ref name=twsMar14e>{{cite news | |||
|author= DENNIS OVERBYE | |||
|title= Is Doomsday Coming? Perhaps, but Not in 2012 | |||
|publisher= The New York Times | |||
|date= November 16, 2009 | |||
|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/science/17essay.html | |||
|accessdate= 2010-03-14 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
''[[ | The 2012 doomsday pop culture phenomenon was similar in many respects to the "Y2K" phenomenon which marked New Year's Eve in 1999, when the new millennium happened. The hysteria has also been compared to the panic created by Orson Welles radio program ''War of the Worlds''. But the "2012 apocalypse business is booming", according to the ''Huffington Post''. The 2012 doomsday prediction was one more example of a patten repeated over the centuries; for example, Baptist preacher William Miller convinced perhaps a hundred thousand Americans that the second coming of [[Jesus Christ]] would happen in 1843; it didn't. Doomsday predictions tend to be within the span of about ten years from the present, according to University of Wisconsin historian Paul Boyer, since the sense of "imminence" and that it will "happen soon" is necessary for these hysterias to catch the public imagination.<ref name=twsMar14f/> | ||
[[Image:Planet.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Planet.|Planet "Nibiru" doesn't exist except in the minds of believers of disaster scenarios such as 2012.]] | |||
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Revision as of 17:56, 2 April 2014
2012 doomsday prophecy
2012 doomsday predictions were irrational fears fueled by certain booksellers, fearmongers, moviemakers and other hucksters to encourage public panic for the purpose of making money. The hoax used dubious claims about astronomy and ancient Mayan calendars to promote nonsensical predictions regarding apocalyptic events supposed to occur on December 21st or 23rd of 2012. Doomsayers suggested there will be destruction caused by global floods, solar flares, exploding sun, reversals of the magnetic field, or planetary collisions.[1][2] Many people are scared.[3][4]
Scientists agree 2012 doomsday forecasts are "bunk".[5][6]
The 2012 doomsday pop culture phenomenon was similar in many respects to the "Y2K" phenomenon which marked New Year's Eve in 1999, when the new millennium happened. The hysteria has also been compared to the panic created by Orson Welles radio program War of the Worlds. But the "2012 apocalypse business is booming", according to the Huffington Post. The 2012 doomsday prediction was one more example of a patten repeated over the centuries; for example, Baptist preacher William Miller convinced perhaps a hundred thousand Americans that the second coming of Jesus Christ would happen in 1843; it didn't. Doomsday predictions tend to be within the span of about ten years from the present, according to University of Wisconsin historian Paul Boyer, since the sense of "imminence" and that it will "happen soon" is necessary for these hysterias to catch the public imagination.[3]
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