December 12, 2012

It was merely the fact that the MAyans ran out of numbers. Theis was the only finite based numerical system. The dumb asses. Hell they didnt even have the wheel exept for a calendar.
Why worry about an extinct "civilization" that was based upon superstitions. Christianity gives you all the same features and lots more action.

That's what they get for using a 32-bit integer.

Bump this back up here.

And how did the Mayans pass on this 'knowledge'? In the 16th Century all written codices were destroyed and the teaching of classical Mayan suppressed.... in very cheery Christian ways.



The only significant work is not in Mayan, but Spanish. It was not intended to pass on past Mayan knowledge (as this was idoltry, superstition or devil worship). It was also highly inaccurate.


The main 'writings' we have are glyphs carved into stone or modelled in stucco. As these are not a 'written' item, they may have as much connection to the body of Mayan wisdom as the street advertising and billboards you pass every day.

What sort of a picture of life in the 20th Century would you get if this was all you had to go on? We had a god that dispenses food (Ronald Mcdonald), we all partook of a nectar that must have promised youth and immortality (Coke) and we shared the world with any number of fantastical creatures that left no physical trace, but must have been real as there images were so ubiquitious (Pokemon, Batman, Warcraft, Mickey Mouse, etc).

There never was a 'prophecy', because there was no way to transmit it. Any 'New Age' takes on this is just a way to separate you from money.

Check your source data here. Do you mean 'miles'?

The Universe is only reckoned to be about 13.5 billion years old. The sun will have long since engulfed the Earth and expired in another 15 billion or so...