NASA Scientist Debunks “2012” Hype
Google “2012” and you will come up with a number of internet sites that predict that 2012 will bring all manner of doom and destruction, ultimately leading to end of the world. People have been discussing the issue for years but as the date draws ever closer the chatter has grown even louder.
The 2012 rumors all stem from the fact that in December of 2010, sometime between the 21st and the 23rd the ancient Mayan Long Calendar ends, and 2012 proponents claim that Mayan writings exist that signal that this event signals the end of the world.
For several months now NASA scientists and astronomers have apparently been receiving a large volume of letters and emails from people who are concerned about the 2012 rumors and their implications. Many of the scenarios include the Earth colliding with an as – of –yet undiscovered planet called Nibiru, the sun flaring up and damaging the Earth and other astronomical disasters.
The increased volume of distressed missives he was receiving led NASA scientist David Morrison to begin researching the 2012 issue in detailed. Dr Morrison is a renowned astronomer and expert on the solar system in general, but he is also one of NASA’s public scientists. Through the “Ask an Astrobiologist” service he deals with the public’s questions about the cosmos as a part of his daily life, so he was the perfect person to undertake the research.
One of his more interesting findings related to a movie that is due to be released in November 2009. With a little investigation he was able to conclude that a number of the websites that offer “scientific proof” that the 2012 phenomena is real were set up by the movie production company, and that they engaged in an active viral marketing campaign to encourage people to search the term “2012” on the Web, which of course brings up all kinds of nonsense for people to view, much of it written by other people with a commercial interest, such as the many people who have authored books and even “e books” on the subject.
Dr Morrison has complied all his research into a question and answer document that is available to the public at http://www.astrosociety.org/2012. The piece describes in detail exactly why there really is no 2012 disaster in the cards and makes fascinating reading. It was published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
October 21st, 2009 at 9:06 am
This is interesting information, would be easier to believe with out typos. (2010 instead of 2012) and astronomer instead of astrologer.