COMMENT 339253
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2012-11-05 09:59 AM |
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@338248P It is those who denigrate scientists who are not objective. The supposed political biases of scientists are creations of these unobjective people out of their own ideologies, not facts about scientists.
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COMMENT 338586
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2012-11-02 05:31 PM |
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420 for the win!!! on so many levels
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COMMENT 338578
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2012-11-02 05:21 PM |
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Thanks 418. Been wanting to do this for years. We were there a few years ago and it was beautiful. Get the rental car and head south to Tulum. It's like living in a Corona beer commercial. The people are great too.
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COMMENT 338420
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2012-11-02 11:30 AM |
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338371 - No. What the Maya foretold, unbeknownst to them, was the exact date in which next Tuesday's Presidential election results will be finalized. This election will be so close that there will be several states doing recounts, and a month and a half later, Romney will be declared President in a controversial Supreme Court ruling on the inability of Hurricane Sandy victims to cast ballots. Romney will set into motion an attack on Iran, which will start a nuclear war. You heard it here first.
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COMMENT 338418
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2012-11-02 11:28 AM |
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@299--I'm mega jealous of your new year plans!! Would love to be there, it's been a few years...many great memories. Watch out for the falling coconuts and do enjoy!!
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COMMENT 338586
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2012-11-02 10:11 AM |
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Is it possible... that by an "Apocalyptic event" the MAYA meant death and destruction to the EGO and the idea that as humans we are separate from each other? Destroying Mother as Nature thereby destroying ourselves?....or in a Shamanic vision, they for saw the world, as we know it, NOT working and about to implode? A dramatic climatic shift in consciousness needs to happen because we are destroying the very star and earthly home we live on with apathy, war, politics and religion. I look forward to the lecture. See you other inquiring minds there!
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COMMENT 338345
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2012-11-02 09:26 AM |
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Professor Aldana is brilliant. He is a scientist, anthropologist and Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies. He lectures on MesoAmerica and Maya history, archeology and development. I have learned alot by sitting in on his lectures.
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MACPUZL
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2012-11-02 09:06 AM |
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288 - Bad science doesn't hang around, among scientists. You're talking about bad opinions and policy promulgated by politicians and special interest groups, and not scientists working in the subject involved.
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COMMENT 338578
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2012-11-02 08:24 AM |
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I actually will be in the Yucatan on 12/21/12. If the world ends (which it won't) I'll be on a white sand beach with my babe, under a palm tree, drinking a cold Pacifico, staring out at the warm, turquoise waters.
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COMMENT 338288
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2012-11-02 07:55 AM |
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Ahhh but Chuck, there is GOOD science and BAD science. And BAD science starts with the jumping to conclusions. And Shorebird, I am always skeptical (and everyone should be) about a "scientific conclusion" which, in just a few years time, led to a multi-trillion dollar industry. When people try and sell me (on) something because it is "green", I feel like I'm being sold a Beenie Baby. It's waaaaaaay over-priced, fuzzy and cute, but for the most part worthless.
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COMMENT 338249P
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2012-11-02 01:33 AM |
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Oh. And BTW, for those who may want to know: They are called "The Maya," NOT "the Mayans."
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COMMENT 338249P
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2012-11-02 01:32 AM |
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The "process of science" may have a "built-in baloney remover," but not so with most who call themselves scientists. A great many are political animals and hardly objective. Thus what they practice is often skewed by politics and their own beliefs.
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MACPUZL
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2012-11-01 10:52 PM |
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130P doesn't understand the process of science. Unlike politics and belief, the process of science has a built-in baloney remover. Blatant baloney, like this doomsday nonsense, gets removed quickly. The more minute and obscure the baloney, like the difference between Newtonian and Einsteinian gravity, the more motivation to remove it.
Shorebird has it right.
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COMMENT 338167
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2012-11-01 07:13 PM |
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STOP! You are all ruining the killer party I had planned for the 20th! Since it's the end of the world, there's no repercussions for all the crazy things I was planning!
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AQUAHOLIC
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2012-11-01 05:35 PM |
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976...hahaha!
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COMMENT 338132
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2012-11-01 05:26 PM |
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No, it isn't.
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COMMENT 338130P
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2012-11-01 05:23 PM |
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Even science is politics and belief.
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COMMENT 338127
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2012-11-01 05:20 PM |
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994 To intellectually and strongly disagree with something in a logical way does not have anything to do with hate. Last time I looked this was a free speech country.
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SHOREBIRD
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2012-11-01 04:15 PM |
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From whence comes global warning deniers when politics and belief override science.
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COMMENT 338052
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2012-11-01 03:44 PM |
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Mayan French in LATimes says apocalypse-ism is not an aspect of Mayan thought.
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COMMENT 338288
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2012-11-01 03:29 PM |
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People that believe in 12/21/12 apocalyptic theories are the same people that spend good money on books that teach you strategies on how to win the lotto. Even with a crowbar you couldn't shove a logical thought into their heads.
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COMMENT 338036
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2012-11-01 03:23 PM |
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Sounds like an interesting lecture. Thanks 920 and 994.
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COMMENT 338024
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2012-11-01 03:03 PM |
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995 - that is awesome. Thanks for sharing
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COMMENT 337995
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2012-11-01 02:21 PM |
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If you want to see this debunked, just google "information is beautiful 2012" The first result is a lovely infographic that very clearly highlights problems with this interpretation, the total lack of cultural context and ignorant blurring of mesoamerican cultures by hippies and con-artists.
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COMMENT 337994
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2012-11-01 02:14 PM |
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Man talk about haters!! I met Gerardo when he first got to UCSB, he showed how by documenting the way an obsidian point was chipped, you could follow a specific artisan through mesoamerica, kind of like a fingerprint, he made his class learn how to make the points out of glass to prove everyone made them different. Very smart guy as was pointed out, and fun to listen to. If you have time and if its only 10 bucks well worth it!
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COMMENT 338127
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2012-11-01 01:49 PM |
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Escapism.
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COMMENT 337976
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2012-11-01 01:44 PM |
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The best way to shut up someone on this subject...Have them give you a blank check and date it for 12-22-12 because money wont matter after that date right? I have yet to get one of them to give me the blank check.
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SHOREBIRD
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2012-11-01 01:41 PM |
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-CLIFF
Supernatural beliefs are easily transferable.
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COMMENT 337956
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2012-11-01 01:02 PM |
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Ten bucks to hear someone debunk a wingnut theory? I have better things to spend my time and money on.
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COMMENT 337955
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2012-11-01 01:01 PM |
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I read if you factor in leap years, the world would have already ended according to the Mayans.
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COMMENT 337939
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2012-11-01 12:40 PM |
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I find it funny that Christians are getting wrapped up in it, considering the Mayans are about as pagan as you can get.
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COMMENT 337936P
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2012-11-01 12:35 PM |
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The world is not going to end on December 21st just like it did not end on January 1, 2000.
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COMMENT 338127
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2012-11-01 12:04 PM |
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Nostradamus December 1503 – 2 July 1566. And that's all it is- theories.
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COMMENT 337920
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2012-11-01 11:54 AM |
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I had a chance to listen to a lecture by this man he is one of the smartest guys I've ever met. Really amazing theories!
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