>"Certainly the fears of impending apocalypse are as justified now as at any time in history I can
> think of..."
Hmmm, considering the dozens, possibly 100s of impending predictions have been proven completely false, I would think this next one is "as justified" as its predecessors...
As in completely UN-justified.
I have no doubt this planet will end some day, my bet is still on the expanding red dwarf scenerio.
But we CAN'T even track and identify more than 10% of the Near Earth Objects with all our tech and science, what chance did the Maya have of correctly ID'ing the future?
And my favorite question to you "2012 the sky is falling" Chicken Littles is;
WHY does the Dresden Codex have the next page starting a new month?
Jammer