Scholars from various disciplines have dismissed the idea that a catastrophe will happen in 2012, stating that predictions of impending doom are not found in any of the existing
classic Maya accounts. Mainstream
Mayanist scholars state that the idea that the Long Count calendar "ends" in 2012 misrepresents
Maya history.
[3][5] The
modern Maya, on the whole, have not attached much significance to the date, and the classical sources on the subject are scarce and contradictory, suggesting that there was little if any universal agreement among them about what, if anything, the date might mean.
[6]
Most
astronomers and other
scientists have rejected the apocalyptic forecasts on the grounds that the anticipated events are precluded by astronomical observations or are unsubstantiated by the predictions that have been generated from these findings.
[7] NASA has compared fears about 2012 to those about the
Y2K bug in the late 1990s, suggesting that an adequate analysis should preclude fears of disaster.
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