I never got to the *real* debunking of the 2012 nonsense last night on Coast to Coast AM. All that “galactic alignment” and “Planet X” stuff is utter hogwash, as everyone now knows (and anyone thinking clearly new long ago). Â But in any event,...
Mayan 2012
Top Ten List of Other Things You Believe if You Believe the World Ends on Dec 21, 2012 Because of Planet X
If you believe in this nonsense, then here is what else you must believe: 1. That everything we know about astronomy and celestial mechanics is wrong (I’d want to know how we put people on the moon, why Voyager was a success, and how we landed rovers on Mars if...
Mike Scheduled for Coast to Coast AM: Discussing Prophecy (Really)
The anomalous nature of me being on Coast to Coast AM discussing this topic will make sense once you hear the date. I’ve blogged here in the past (at length) about how an obsession with prophecy is a waste of time — and I stand by that. So who better to...
Mike on Coast to Coast AM Thursday Night, Just Before the World Ends
The folks at Coast to Coast AM have scheduled me for Thursday, December 20. I’m naturally relieved that I’ll get to be on the show again before the world ends the next day. The topic will be apocalypticism, and so we’ll be chatting about the Mayan...
What Will YOU Being Doing When the World Doesn’t End?
With ten days to go until mythical doomsday, I was wishing today that there was a convenient way to celebrate the epic fail with PaleoBabble readers — something like an online New Year’s Eve party for sane people with geeky fascination for the ancient...
The Planet X Fraud
In case you haven’t heard of “Planet X,” it’s a notorious piece on Paleobabble that was derived from Zecharia Sitchin’s 12th planet Nibiru nonsense. However, Planet X has since taken on a (fake) life of its own, so that the idea cannot be...
Send Mike Lame Bible Prophecy Predictions for 2012
I just read through the comments and one reader asked about Ezekiel 29 -- how the passage is being used to predict yet future events (turns out in this case, before the 2012 doomsday; how ominous). I'm speaking at a conference in 2013 that may surprise some of you:...
What Really Happened with the Mayan Calendar
Satirical Music Video Targeting Nibiru 2012 Mythology
One of the members of the Boston-based rock band, Metaphor for Everything, sent me the link to a new single, accompanied by a note that the song was inspired by my Zecharia Sitchin site. Apparently the site convince one of the band members to leave the ancient...
Oldest Mayan Calendar Discovered: No Apocalypse in the Record
Pardon my yawn just now…. Anyone out there believe this primary data will stem the tide of the nonsensical hysteria? Nope; me neither. If the heretofore known Mayan primary material (which also does not predict the end of the world) didn’t rebut the...
Hippies Waiting for Alien Ark for 2012 Rescue
I think I’ve seen this in a movie. Camper loads of happily deluded new-age pilgrim-hippies (pippies sounds like a good term to coin here) have descended upon the Pyrenean village of Bugarach, where a mountain overshadowing the tiny hamlet has been labeled the...
Getting to Know Your 2012 Apocalyptic PaleoBabble
I came across this lengthy conversation (from this past August) recently. It’s a good article that provides a number of links for understanding the history and past cultural applications of the 2012 Mayan “prophecy” nonsense. It’s a good...
“Lost Underwater City” Gets Recycled
You just knew it was going to happen. Now the underwater city that really isn’t an underwater city is being linked to Atlantis ! Sweet! PaleoBabble followers will recall that many commenters to earlier posts on this “find” pointed us in the...
2012 Mythology for Dummies
A nice explanation of where all the 2012 silliness comes from. Editor's note: as outdated at this post is, it's a good exercise in seeing how people will see patterns and get married to a view of eschatology and end times and prophecy.
The 2012 Phenomenon: New Age Appropriation of an Ancient Mayan Calendar
Such is the title of this sixteen page academic essay from Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. It is very worthwhile reading. The author discusses, among others, John Major Jenkins’ ideas about 2012.  Here’s the abstract:...