15 percent of the people in the world thinks that the world will end in their lifetime
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(Reuters) - - Nearly 15 percent of people worldwide believe the world will end during their lifetime and 10 percent think the Mayan calendar could signify it will happen in 2012, according to a new poll.
The end of the Mayan calendar, which spans about 5,125 years, on December 21, 2012 has sparked interpretations and suggestions that it marks the end of the world.
"Whether they think it will come to an end through the hands of God, or a natural disaster or a political event, whatever the reason, one in seven thinks the end of the world is coming," said Keren Gottfried, research manager at Ipsos Global Public Affairs which conducted the poll for Reuters.
"Perhaps it is because of the media attention coming from one interpretation of the Mayan prophecy that states the world 'ends' in our calendar year 2012," Gottfried said, adding that some Mayan scholars have disputed the interpretation.
Responses to the international poll of 16,262 people in more than 20 countries varied widely with only six percent of French residents believing in an impending Armageddon in their lifetime, compared to 22 percent in Turkey and the United States and slightly less in South Africa and Argentina.
But only seven percent in Belgium and eight percent in Great Britain feared an end to the world during their lives.
About one in 10 people globally also said they were experiencing fear or anxiety about the impending end of the world in 2012. The greatest numbers were in Russia and Poland, the fewest in Great Britain.
Gottfried also said that people with lower education or household income levels, as well as those under 35 years old, were more likely to believe in an apocalypse during their lifetime or in 2012, or have anxiety over the prospect.
"Perhaps those who are older have lived long enough to not be as concerned with what happens to their future," she explained.
Ipsos questioned people in China, Turkey, Russia, Mexico, South Korea, Japan, the United States, Argentina, Hungary, Poland, Sweden, France, Spain, Belgium, Canada, Australia, Italy, South Africa, Great Britain, Indonesia, Germany.[/quote]
[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/01/us-mayancalendar-poll-idUSBRE8400XH20120501[/url]
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I just want to play HL3 before I die.
So my dream probably wont come true.
I wonder what causes this type of mentality. Part of me thinks it's simply human ego, wherein we think "This time, right here, is so important because it could be the last of humanity." Alternatively, this could simply be group-think led on by conspiracy nuts. Or it could be a combination.
December 2012 won't be hectic because the world's ending, but from nutjobs that [i]believe[/i] it will and start causing shit.
I don't think the world will blow up or some shit, but I do believe we'll go into a global economic crisis or something like that
[QUOTE=Da Big Man;35795840]December 2012 won't be hectic because the world's ending, but from nutjobs that [i]believe[/i] it will and start causing shit.[/QUOTE]
This makes me wonder if there will be rioting by these people, and what police actions will be taken to stop them.
There might be a spike in suicides too..
[QUOTE=Da Big Man;35795840]December 2012 won't be hectic because the world's ending, but from nutjobs that [i]believe[/i] it will and start causing shit.[/QUOTE]
Yeah and a shortage of hermetics from mysterious causes.
This reminds me of the fucktards that gave away everything they owned when the rapture was supposed to happen.
[quote]Gottfried also said that people with lower education or household income levels, as well as those under 35 years old, were more likely to believe in an apocalypse during their lifetime or in 2012, or have anxiety over the prospect.[/quote]
Illiteracy is all it comes down to..
Fear of the unknown, and ignorance to the known.
Nuclear war is something that is foreseeable in my lifetime as natural resources are depleting rapidly.
Thank God I'm not stupid
Are that few people from that few countries really representive enough to say that 15% think the world will end in their lifetime?
But it still shows how easy it is to manipulate people through media like movies, news or just the internet.
There does exist the possibility of nuclear war or global economic collapse, so some of these people are probably not nutjobs and are interpreting the question differently.
To quote Red vs. Blue;
[quote]Everyone always thinks the world's gonna end during their lifetime. But the truth is none of us are that cool or interesting, so get over it.[/quote]
And anyway, I'm pretty sure none of the people polled are Mayans or believe in the Mayan religion, so why on earth would they think the Mayan calender is in any way accurate when it comes to predicting the end of the world? It's just stupid.
This just in, 15% of the people in the world are idiots!
Only a couple of weeks ago I read here that MIT (I think) predict the world economy would collapse in 2030, which would almost certainly provoke conflict on a global scale. It sounds totally reasonable to me that the world could end in our lifetime.
I do believe our civilization will at least partially collapse in my lifetime. Does that count?
Holy fuck the idiots:
[quote]10 percent think the Mayan calendar could signify it will happen in 2012, according to a new poll.[/quote]
Cant wait for the headlines of all the stupid shit that retarded people did the day after the whole 2012 thing was supposed to happen.
It's laughable (and sad) that in 2012 people can still believe that the Mayans, a civilization of ancient people who didn't even know where the sun went at night, could somehow give an exact date on when the world was going to end.
[QUOTE=jaykray;35796129]Only a couple of weeks ago I read here that MIT (I think) predict the world economy would collapse in 2030, which would almost certainly provoke conflict on a global scale. It sounds totally reasonable to me that the world could end in our lifetime.[/QUOTE]
What are you defining as "the world ending" though?
I can see some bad things happening in the ~80 years I'll be alive but the end of the world isn't one of them.
I think that the world as we know it will end before I'm dead. I can see everything just going to shit.
I'm in that 15%
I'm not religious and I don't believe in supernaturals but from (what I judge as) a realistic point of view, we're kind of headed that way. I'll probably live 60-70 years more and if we look at how much has happened the past 60-70 years, the next 60-70 years are even scarier.
Not in my lifetime. But I think my grandchildren will see the world come to an end.
It won't "end" but it will surely get a hell of a lot shittier than it is now, especially for most western countries.
Well I am planning to destroy it so it's kinda logical for me to think it will end.
[QUOTE=Noble;35796353]It's laughable (and sad) that in 2012 people can still believe that the Mayans, a civilization of ancient people who didn't even know where the sun went at night, could somehow give an exact date on when the world was going to end.
What are you defining as "the world ending" though?[/QUOTE]
Global Thermonuclear War would be an end to our world I would say. The world doesn't have to explode to end. As T.S Eliot wrote, "This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper"
[QUOTE=jaykray;35796609]Global Thermonuclear War would be an end to our world I would say. The world doesn't have to explode to end. As T.S Eliot wrote, "This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper"[/QUOTE]
Or like Einstein said: "The war after the next will be fought with wooden sticks."
[QUOTE=Kendra;35796658]Or like Einstein said: "The war after the next will be fought with wooden sticks."[/QUOTE]
Yeah, supposing there'll even be anyone left to fight one.
I find it stupid when people have all of their stuff away because of a predicted still year. Well I got some free stuff.
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