There’s a whole lot of thought being put into what may or may not Happen in the year 2012. Many people have come to believe that some kind of major disaster is going to happen in that year. Maybe even the end of the world. The basis for all this activity is a buzz about so-called predictions of the end of the world and a movie called 2012. Like many popular beliefs such as flying saucers, it has its origins in the media.

My prediction for 2012 is that, like other major predictions of the end of the world or the end of civilisation as we know it, the whole thing will be a non-event. Apparently the Mayan people had a Calendar that starts at creation and ends in 2012. Experts in Mayan culture say that the end of the calendar is no more than a turning point or transition, just like our celebration of the new year.

So the whole thing is based on a misunderstanding of the Mayan calendar which is not based on any kind of notion that we would regard as Scientific today. But not many of us are scientific by nature. Whatever really happens in the year 2012, there will be lots of people saying, “I told you so”.