James K Polk Posted July 19, 2009 #1 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I have a proposal. Should there be a major disaster (ie really worldchanging not standard earthquakes, wars, etc.) in the year 2012 I will donate to anyone who wagers any amount of money they wager. If no such event happens they will pay me and other skeptics the money they wagered. So what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverCougar Posted July 19, 2009 #2 Share Posted July 19, 2009 But I really doubt something that cataclysmic will happen. Though it occurs to me.. It might really not be that desasterous if we didn't have these huge cities with big buildings that falls/crushes/rolls over people. Though jumbo jet surfing sounds fun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverCougar Posted July 19, 2009 #3 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Which is why I like the trailer that I posted. XD It's more fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W Kein Posted July 19, 2009 #4 Share Posted July 19, 2009 (edited) No where did the Mayan's mention anything about world cataclysm for 2012. If anything (if you want to believe their prophecy) this next "sun", the "6th sun," will be the last one. hence, the end of the 6th sun will be the "end of the world." Dec 21 2012 is the beginning of the 6th sun. This is bound to become very common knowledge after the world doesn't end in 2012. What I find infinitely more interesting is Terence McKenna's "Timewave Zero," and how it relates to Dec 21 2012. I'll try to give the briefest of possible explanations concerning his idea's about the "doubling of information": Human Knowledge (or information) doubled from the time of Christ to Galileo's time. 1500 years. It doubled again by the time of the American & French Revolutions. 250 years. It doubled again by the time of the Industrial Revolution, etc etc, and keeps doubling faster and faster. McKenna thought that information will keep doubling faster and faster, every year, month, second, nanosecond, until it doubles into infinity at around the end of 2012, according to his calculations. Anyone versed in computers knows about this doubling of the processing power of microchips. Edited July 19, 2009 by W Kein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsapien Posted July 19, 2009 #5 Share Posted July 19, 2009 The Mayans never said the world would end in 2012 but rather it was the end of one age and the birth of another. I have stated this before in other threads but the religion was based on the Law of attraction...If the majority of people are in the frame of mind that a tragedy will occur in 2012 then we will attract that, but if the majority of people believe that it will be the birth of a new erra that will undergo wonderfull changes then we will attract that. There belief system revolved around the thought vibrations being sent out, will attract those vibrations back to you, ie think postive and things will be positive for our mind creates matter. Now on a Scientific level NASA predicts great solar storms for this time period worse then any prior solar storm this may be as minor as people wittnessing Aurora's in places they shouldn't be or as major as disabling power, but nothing apocolyptic. As for wagers Iwould wager the world will end as we know it (don't mistake that to be apocolyptic but rather a change in peoples world view) and I wager the world will not end. So relax and think positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverCougar Posted July 19, 2009 #6 Share Posted July 19, 2009 (edited) This is the dawn of the age of aquarious... age of aquarious... Edited July 19, 2009 by SilverCougar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadetak Posted July 19, 2009 #7 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I have a proposal. Should there be a major disaster (ie really worldchanging not standard earthquakes, wars, etc.) in the year 2012 I will donate to anyone who wagers any amount of money they wager. If no such event happens they will pay me and other skeptics the money they wagered. So what do you think? Nothing unusually will happen on 2012...but anything and everything will be attributed to the 'prophecies' so people can cover their own BS. For this reason you can't really make a good wager(however everybody knows you wouldn't make do anyways). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyB Posted July 20, 2009 #8 Share Posted July 20, 2009 marsapien, I don't see how what people think about something has much effect on things. Before Galileo, most people firmly believed the sun revolved around the Earth. Do you think that had any effect on the fact that the Earth revolves around the sun? Human wishes and prayers have little effect on heavenly bodies, earthquakes, volcanos, etc. KennyB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsapien Posted July 20, 2009 #9 Share Posted July 20, 2009 marsapien, I don't see how what people think about something has much effect on things. Before Galileo, most people firmly believed the sun revolved around the Earth. Do you think that had any effect on the fact that the Earth revolves around the sun? Human wishes and prayers have little effect on heavenly bodies, earthquakes, volcanos, etc. KennyB If you read my post a bit more carefully you would see that I agree with you on that one...what I am actually stating in my post is the effect on ideals and world views that postive thinking has. but this does not change the fact that Science predicts solar storms. Re-read my posting if you have any issues and you will actually see what I am getting at. Perhaps I didn't make it clear enough but I was assuming that people would naturally understand what I was presenting, is facts only. Marsapian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesspy Posted July 26, 2009 #10 Share Posted July 26, 2009 I nearly wet myself from laughing so hard Oh please i wish they would let that be shown in cinemas as the trailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blink4567 Posted July 26, 2009 #11 Share Posted July 26, 2009 I nearly wet myself from laughing so hard Oh please i wish they would let that be shown in cinemas as the trailer Yea this was a good one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverCougar Posted July 27, 2009 #12 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I nearly wet myself from laughing so hard Oh please i wish they would let that be shown in cinemas as the trailer Yeah I know.. if more disaster films had trailers like that, they'ed make millions more at the boxoffice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puridalan Posted July 27, 2009 #13 Share Posted July 27, 2009 My plan is to go find all the people with good jobs who think the world is going to end, and then take their nice paying jobs ^^ hehe, I'm an oppertunist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Civilization Posted July 27, 2009 #14 Share Posted July 27, 2009 (edited) I think if anything did happen, what might happen is that most of the world will be without electricity for an extended period of time. As you can imagine, this will result in total chaos. P.S. I wager $1.50 Edited July 27, 2009 by Civilization Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesspy Posted July 27, 2009 #15 Share Posted July 27, 2009 okay this is how I would do it based on...Traditional odds are usually expressed as a ratio, such as 4-1, which means that for every dollar you bet on the underdog, you will get $4 in return if your side wins. linky to odds thing 2:1 nothing happens 4:1 There is a major solar flare knocks out entire computer networks planes fall from the sky etc. we recover at the loss of a few hundred thousand light globes and the countless amount of hours spent by users of UM on the internet and telling everyone "I told you so" 8:1 World war three starts (china vs America) 15:1 World war three ends in a nuclear disaster 20:1 Hadron Collider destroys planet 25:1 Any huge enough volcano or super volcano eg Krakatoa, Yellowstone etc blows brings in new ice age 30:1 Aliens show up 30:1 Jesus shows up 30:1 Elvis shows up 30:1 Quetzalcoatl shows up 30:1 Michael Jackson is alive and blck 45:1 Human population destroyed by small pox unleashed by terroists 50:1 Asteroid/comet hits us destroys planet 75:1 AIDS is airborne in 2010 HIV kills last human 2012 100:1 Gamma ray burst 150:1 Black hole sucks us up 250:1 Sun explodes 500:1 Palin elected president destroys world 1000:1 Universe destroys itself 2000: hollywood comes up with a brand spanking new idea for a movie..... hollywood collapes into black hole 10000:1 Tom cruise elected president destroys world 200000:1 Paris hilton elected president destroys world 200000000:1 Jesspy elected president destroys world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeteoricErod Posted July 27, 2009 #16 Share Posted July 27, 2009 okay this is how I would do it based on...Traditional odds are usually expressed as a ratio, such as 4-1, which means that for every dollar you bet on the underdog, you will get $4 in return if your side wins. linky to odds thing2:1 nothing happens 4:1 There is a major solar flare knocks out entire computer networks planes fall from the sky etc. we recover at the loss of a few hundred thousand light globes and the countless amount of hours spent by users of UM on the internet and telling everyone "I told you so" 8:1 World war three starts (china vs America) 15:1 World war three ends in a nuclear disaster 20:1 Hadron Collider destroys planet 25:1 Any huge enough volcano or super volcano eg Krakatoa, Yellowstone etc blows brings in new ice age 30:1 Aliens show up 30:1 Jesus shows up 30:1 Elvis shows up 30:1 Quetzalcoatl shows up 30:1 Michael Jackson is alive and blck 45:1 Human population destroyed by small pox unleashed by terroists 50:1 Asteroid/comet hits us destroys planet 75:1 AIDS is airborne in 2010 HIV kills last human 2012 100:1 Gamma ray burst 150:1 Black hole sucks us up 250:1 Sun explodes 500:1 Palin elected president destroys world 1000:1 Universe destroys itself 2000: hollywood comes up with a brand spanking new idea for a movie..... hollywood collapes into black hole 10000:1 Tom cruise elected president destroys world 200000:1 Paris hilton elected president destroys world 200000000:1 Jesspy elected president destroys world You had me cracking up while reading this!! hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
behaviour??? Posted July 27, 2009 #17 Share Posted July 27, 2009 okay this is how I would do it based on...Traditional odds are usually expressed as a ratio, such as 4-1, which means that for every dollar you bet on the underdog, you will get $4 in return if your side wins. linky to odds thing2:1 nothing happens 4:1 There is a major solar flare knocks out entire computer networks planes fall from the sky etc. we recover at the loss of a few hundred thousand light globes and the countless amount of hours spent by users of UM on the internet and telling everyone "I told you so" 8:1 World war three starts (china vs America) 15:1 World war three ends in a nuclear disaster 20:1 Hadron Collider destroys planet 25:1 Any huge enough volcano or super volcano eg Krakatoa, Yellowstone etc blows brings in new ice age 30:1 Aliens show up 30:1 Jesus shows up 30:1 Elvis shows up 30:1 Quetzalcoatl shows up 30:1 Michael Jackson is alive and blck 45:1 Human population destroyed by small pox unleashed by terroists 50:1 Asteroid/comet hits us destroys planet 75:1 AIDS is airborne in 2010 HIV kills last human 2012 100:1 Gamma ray burst 150:1 Black hole sucks us up 250:1 Sun explodes 500:1 Palin elected president destroys world 1000:1 Universe destroys itself 2000: hollywood comes up with a brand spanking new idea for a movie..... hollywood collapes into black hole 10000:1 Tom cruise elected president destroys world 200000:1 Paris hilton elected president destroys world 200000000:1 Jesspy elected president destroys world That was fun reading it Thankyou for the interesting post thanks B??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkNova@ Posted July 27, 2009 #18 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Lmao! Armageddon is going to be a BLAST! God, I can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSearcher Posted July 28, 2009 #19 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Jesspy, that was hilarious. My office collegues looked at me laughing out loudly, but soddit, it was well worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesspy Posted July 29, 2009 #20 Share Posted July 29, 2009 thanks guys glad you enjoyed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokemus Posted July 29, 2009 #21 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I'm all for Michael Jackson showing up as a dead zombie to celebrate 20 year anniversary of Thriller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkcore Posted July 31, 2009 #22 Share Posted July 31, 2009 (edited) Now on a Scientific level NASA predicts great solar storms for this time period worse then any prior solar storm this may be as minor as people wittnessing Aurora's in places they shouldn't be or as major as disabling power, but nothing apocolyptic. Cool! Finaly someone that found the same thing as me. Yes people, the only thing that will happen in Dec. 21, 2012* is the best Aurora's show in decade! Enjoy! Oh! and just in case... Jesspy, I'm betting on you, come on, big big, BIG Money! *NASA reference / Solar maximum From Wikipedia; Solar maximum or solar max is the period of greatest solar activity in the solar cycle of the sun. During solar maximum, sunspots appear. Solar maximum is contrasted with solar minimum. Solar maximum is the period when the sun's magnetic field lines are the most distorted due to the magnetic field on the solar equator rotating at a slightly faster pace than at the solar poles. The sun takes about 11 years to go from one solar maximum to another and 22 years to complete a full cycle (where the magnetic charge on the poles is the same). *Historic maxima The last solar maximum was in 2001, and the next one has been predicted in 2010-2012. On March 10, 2006 NASA researchers announced that the next cycle would be the strongest since the historic maximum in 1958 in which the northern lights could be seen as far south as Rome, approximately 42° north of the equator. [1] This projection was based on research done by Mausumi Dikpati of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), and David Hathaway of the National Space Science & Technology Center (NSSTC).[2] Edited July 31, 2009 by Darkcore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilkeezy Posted August 1, 2009 #23 Share Posted August 1, 2009 I think this end of the world on dec 12 2012 is bs these same people who prodicted the world was going to end on 2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFireInside Posted August 7, 2009 #24 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Ever sinse I was a little girl I thought there would be a battle between light and darkness during 2012. I've been waiting for common sense to kick into me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFireInside Posted August 8, 2009 #25 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I'm all for Michael Jackson showing up as a dead zombie to celebrate 20 year anniversary of Thriller. Oh, I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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