E.+Persuasive+Research+Essay

The Mayan calendar, the prophecies of ancient Greek philosophers, and the predictions of many so called “scientists” have generated the claims that the world will end in 2012.These claims have caused widespread panic and paranoia in many people around the world, most of them unfortunately believe anything that someone of higher power or intelligence says. The 2012 conspiracy is one of the largest modern hoaxes that the world has ever seen. With the claim of magnetic polar shifts, volcanic eruptions the size of Texas, continents breaking and earthquakes that will cause tsunamis and unspeakable amounts of flooding, they seem to be proof enough for many people. However, the prediction that the world will end on the winter solstice of 2012 is a bold-faced lie because there are too many misconceptions on what will happen, NASA has disproved almost every single claim, and most of the people generate these claims are either seeking attention or money from the hoax.  The misconceptions on the events that are theorized to happen are huge. Probably nothing big will happen December 21st, 2012 at 11:11 pm except the fact that some people will be going to bed. The world’s top scientists have disproved the prophecies. There is one theory that there is a planet, Planet Nidium, that will hit earth head on or enough to cause a lot of damage. However, many scientists have said that there is no way that planet even exists because if it was to hit earth in 2012 it would already be able to be seen with the naked eye because of the speed it would be traveling. Also, the start of the mythical Planet Nidium was from __a woman that claimed she could speak to aliens in her mind. (handwerk)__ That’s right, no big scientist suggested its existence, no, it was some deranged lady that should be put in the loony bin!  NASA has played a huge part in disproving the 2012 prophecies as well. They have provided much information on the claims is impossible for them to happen on that exact date and time. Also, they showed that the Mayans didn’t mark December 21st, 2012 as the end of the world, just the end of their calendar that marks the end of a cycle and the beginning of another, which, has happened before (Handwerk) and will happen again. The Mayans have stated nothing about any polar shifts, earthquakes of any other destructive disaster to occur. Another myth that also has people fearful is the theory of breakaway continents that will destroy civilization. They have also disproved this theory because they say it is too much of a drastic change in the continental crusts (Handwerk).  Many of the people who have developed these claims over the Mayan prophecies and the different theories are people who are seeking money or attention from it, such as the Planet Nidium woman. The website on 2012 sells t-shirts stating that the end is near and 2012 is a new beginning, which is your first clue. Why on earth would anyone want to buy a t-shirt marking the end of days? However, many people are purchasing shirts to support this “cause” and it is very disappointing to see our country give in to such allegations against the government and these suspicions over the date. Probably nothing will happen on December 21st, 2012, except people are going to go to work and kids will go to school. There is no __proof__ or scientific __fact__ on these predictions, all there is are people who claim they have studied the Mayan calendar and just want to create a huge publicity stunt.  There are very many people that believe in the conspiracy and that the end of the world is near. Many famous people actually believe this, which is sad because many people will believe it because they do and they are their idols. The believers that created the website have survival guides and “2012 101,” which is basically a guide that explains what is going to happen and how to survive through it. If the people that believed in it took the time to study the facts and not the theories, we would have fewer skeptics. If the government was covering it up like they are claiming, wouldn’t it have gotten out already? There is no way anyone can keep something so serious under wraps for so long. Therefore, 2012 is not true and there will be no apocalyptic disasters that will end the human race, there are too many facts that disprove it.