MAYA doomsday is a marketing fallacy
A Discovery News online article published on October 21st explores the public’s fascination with the End of the World 2012 prophecies. Ian O’Neill, author of the article, wonders why people are so enthralled with the Mayan prophecies. Many are noting that October 21st was only two months away from the fateful day. He especially wonders why the doom-sayers are promoting the 2012 prophecy so heavily when archaeologists are not finding references to the end of the world in the Mayan texts. He speculates:
Why do these strange individuals want us to believe in this nonsense? Some have a book to sell, while others have a horribly-edited YouTube video they want to share. Others are just plain odd. But regardless of the intent, the result is confusion and fear. Sadly, it is often people who would have otherwise gotten on with their lives peacefully who have swallowed the doomsday nonsense and become needlessly worried about the end of the world.
