2012 – the end of our civilization?

If you still haven’t seen this year’s movie 2012 – the Apocalipse, then you probably will after reading my article. I won’t comment about the scenario or about how the actors played in this movie, but I will try to comment a bit on the idea that stands behind this movie creation.

Everythins starts for the Maya calendar, which suddenly ends on the date 21 December 2012. Why, no one knows for sure. Maybe they knew something hundreds of years ago and left this this calendar as a prophecy. Or maybe they ran out of time writing on the wall with the Spanish conquerers on their trails. Or maybe they thought time has an end, like the other scholars of their time thought the Earth is rectangular and at his sides you will fall off in never ending abiss.
The interesting part is that most people took this seriously and like in 1999, 2000, 2009 now the next deadline given to the humanity is 3 days before 2012 Christmas day.
This movie concept is somehow based on this idea and on some huge Solar explosions that release an huge amount of neutrons that make out planet’s core act like a giant nuclear plant. Which follows is somehow hilarious, as before any crust melting or colapssing in the Earth’s lava mantle all oceans will be long gone boiled and evaporated.
Well I’m not going to spoil all your fun watching this apocalipting movie, but the science fiction scenario can only make you look with confidence to the future.
However there are some real threats that can end the existance of humans, even before 2012. But about this I will write in a future post so stay close.