Quote Originally Posted by Phr0zen View Post
Well, assumptions can be made using various data sources to predict certain things as you say, or more accurately that certain things will not happen.

However, it would be ignorant of us to believe that we know even a fraction of what the world/universe holds. There is more that we do not understand than that which we do.

This uncertainty will always create a probability, even if unlikely, that a given scenario may happen.

Any who, my point is that it is possible that Nostradamus, the Mayans, etc did in fact predict accurately the end of the world in 2012. Even if the chance is only 0.00000001%, it is still possible. Something as epic as the end of the world is probably out of our comprehension, or ability to predict one way or the other anyway.
no. people get bored with their own humdrum existence and dreary lives so they like to dream up fantastical posibilities to make their existence more exciting.

all predictions of disaster are self fulfilling prophecies. we hear about the sucessful predictions because its all in the media. the thing is that most people forget that for every successful prediction there are thousands of unsuccessful ones. but believers cling to this tiny shard of pseudo-evidence as a chance of real proof.

nobody ever sees change coming. its usually only with hindsight that things become clearer. predictions of the end of the world are a crock of alarmist shite. the only way i can see them being useful is for insurance companies who could play up to the hype and get everyone of their customers to pay for "end of the world protection paint, one coat is guaranteed to protect you and yours from all biblical/natural/supernatural apocalypses"