Mayan 2012
There are a lot of glyphs starting to float around the internet supposedly representing the Mayan 2012. Most are wrong. I believe the image to your left to be correct. Look at the image. There are only three placeholders in use on this glyph. The leftmost represents the number 5. The middle represents the number 0. The last respresents the number 12.
There are only three symbols used in the Mayan mathematics - a shell representing zero, a dot representing one (and multiples), and a line or bar representing 5 (and multiples). Furthermore the Mayan math is a vigesimal (base 20) math system, as opposed to the western decimal (base 10) system.
In short, each placeholder in the decimal system increases by a factor of 10 (1,10,100,1000…) whereas in the Mayan mathematical system each placeholder increases by a factor of 20 (1,20,400,8000…). A vigesimal system is actually more appropriate for computers based mostly on the fact you can store bigger numbers in a smaller space. You can see this in the glyph - there are three place holders representing 2012 as opposed to four in the decimal system. This really starts making a difference when you are working with larger numbers - millions, billions and bigger.
So going back to the image we see there are three placeholders in use. Breaking down the decimal 2012 we have symbolically the following:
2 multiplied by 1000……(2000) added to
0 multiplied by 100……..(0) added to
1 multiplied by 10………(10) added to
2 multiplied by 1…………(2) equals = 2012
The vigesimal system breaks down the same number as:
5 multiplied by 400……..(2000) added to
0 multiplied by 20………(0) added to
12 multiplied by 1……..(12) equals 2012
Some people believe the Mayan math system is base 20 because of the number of fingers and toes we have, which would have been used for counting. Others believe the Maya inherited their math system from an older, more advanced race - a race that actually made use of larger mathematical calculations. By the way, an interesting point to note about the Mayan math system is it’s use of the number zero. The Maya made use of zero over a 1000 years before the appearance of zero in European cultures.
So let’s all get on the same page and start representing the Mayan 2012 via it’s native vigesimal system.
ale said:
please find Kan Oc Chitam´s flying Kukulkan for the present year at
http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/12/29/2243791/kuku4kan.jpg
November 16th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Mayawati said:
The nr. zero was invented independently in India and
by the Maya. In India a decimal system was used, like
ours, but they used an empty space for zero up to 3rd
Century BC. This was confusing for an empty space was
also used to separate numbers, and so they invented
the dot for a zero. The first evidence for the use of
the symbol that we now know as zero stems from the 7th
century AD. The Maya invented the number zero for
their calendar in the 3rd century AD.
November 18th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Eva said:
do u think the world is really guna end?
November 21st, 2009 at 11:12 am
aayush said:
no the world is not going to end but a major and historical change is going to happen that would change our society completely and i believe that it is for good
November 25th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Austin said:
I do not think that the world will end in 2012 because if you read in the bible it says that nobody knows the exact date of when the world will end. I do believe that something will happen to the world but i do not believe it will be the end of salvation.
December 16th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Josh said:
Nobody does no when it will end. By believing that it can’t end on 2012, you are simply saying that it might, because you didn’t know it would happen. Think of this:
A man is told that he will be hanged some time during the next week, and that it will be a suprise what day it is on. He knows that he cannot be hung on sunday, because if he wasn’t hung on saturday, he wouldn’t be suprised at being hung on sunday. In the same way he knows he can’t be hung on saturday, because if he hasn’t been hung by the end of friday, and he knows that he can’t be hung on sunday, then he will know that he must be hung on saturday. In this way, he can work back, eliminating every day of the week. He concludes that since there is no day that it wouldn’t be a suprise, he will not be hung. He is hung anyway, and that is the suprise.
I’m not saying that the world will end. I personally believe that it won’t. I’m just saying that not knowing when it will end makes it possible for it to end at any time.
December 27th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Stephen said:
I don’t believe that this is going to happen because the world has been around for more that 4 billion years and its not going to happen on this date. DONT BELIVE IT cause it not gonna happen. Yes, there will be a 2012 AND then a 2013 and on and on and on. I AGREE EXACTLY WHAT AUSTIN SAID.
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how do u know it gonna happen on this particular day?
December 29th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Stephen said:
acually scratch what i just said… i changed my mind…
THE WORLD IS GOING TO END IN 2012!!!!! :O:O:O:O:O
so BEWARE!! …..
may all human beings be at peace..
January 5th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Toro said:
“End of The World” can mean many things. Being predicted by HUMANS it could apply only TO humans.. like some extra-terrestrial virus or the like. It could also mean a complete destructive breakdown of society (as we all know is fiercly possible) Something might wipe all life off the planet, or the most exciting end being the removal of the planet from our galaxy. We as humans have and are leaning more and more towards the acute science and technology side of life, rather than the sacred and spiritual side.
I watched a show about the Gods and how they create life and then decide they dont like it and start over (a new CYCLE)
so maby we have lost connection with the Gods and now they want to start over. the cycle is finished in 2012. seems pretty beleivable to me. better get those crystal skulls together
January 11th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
Toro said:
also one last thing-
unless you know everything in the whole universe and its dimensions, one cannnot say that something is “impossible”
most ppl dont think this far outside the box. (i.e planet earth)
yes probability applies TO AN EXTENT.
January 11th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Rachael said:
I have a question… The mayans were not christians, therefore did not go by our current calendar. So, how did they get the date 2012? Which calendar were they using?
January 22nd, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Zodaik said:
as Toro saied this is all a cicrcle after 2012 will start gloden era of earth that means position of earth on our galaxy milky way will be in better positon.
thay were using their calendar that some how they did it or take from some other intelegent species. world wont end in 2012 maybe 5/6 of people will die to and the survivors will start the new era.
February 2nd, 2010 at 4:34 pm
jackson said:
The world will not end on December 21 2012, however something catostrophic will happen. There is too much evidence leading to this to think nothing will happen. The Mayas, Hindu, Chinese, Nostrodamous, and Edgar Casey predicted this event. Edgar Casey is a man that got a power to predict the future. He predicted World war two, 9/11 and so on. I believe there will be huge flood, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, and more this will cause over half of the population of the world to die out. However I have no right to predict the future or tell you what to believe.
February 9th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
ruggles said:
wow. u guys really miss the point.
if any of u had watched star trek the voyage home, u would know that the whales will go extinct and leave our would defenseless from the destructive forces of the nabu.
February 12th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
danieldoesitnlc said:
hi well something is going to happen in 2012. remember th mayans met a race sometime back in their history they called the brothers from the stars and they said that this race will be coming back to earth someday.2012 maybe? anyways given the fact that mankind lately aint been doing to well with giving into every craving and desire imaginable which i attribute to a virus attacking us in a way not previously thought of well….this is interesting cause newsweek and time put out an article about how we just installed a super advanced telescope up in orbit that will allow us within two years time to know for certain that extraterrestials exist so….
February 28th, 2010 at 10:10 am