The end of the world

IntroductionEnd of the world

Several ancient sources (Mayas, Chineses)

1. The Origins : Mayan’s calendar

2. The scientists’ theories

3. Censorship

4. 2012 in the entertainmentPierre Emmanuel Bourne

I. The origins : Mayan’s calendar

1. Presentation of the Mayan civilization •Mesoamerican civilization

• Emerged in the late third millenium BC JC

• Peaked between the sixth century and the ninth AD.

• Disappeared during the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century.

Caroline Barhanin

I. The origins : Mayan’s calendar

2. Mayan’s calendar

• The Tzolkin cycle

Caroline Barhanin

I. The origins : Mayan’s calendar

2. Mayan’s calendar

• The Haab cycle

• Caroline Barhanin

I. The origins : Mayan’s calendar

3. December 21st 2012 • Milestone in human history

• Marks the end of cycles :• of 5 125 years The Tzolkin cycle• of 13 years The Haab cycle

What do you think about the Mayan predictions ?Caroline Barhanin

II. The scientists’ position

1. Scientists’ theories for the end

Major destruction in 2012 due to :

- Reversal of magnetic poles- Planetary alignment- Solar storm

- Morgane Vergé

II. The scientists’ position

2. Scientists’ theories against the end

The NASA’s scientists think :

- Reversal of poles may happen in 400,000 years- Alignemnt does not impact life on earth- Solar storm is predicted to be no different than the

previous cycles in history

Morgane Vergé

II. The scientists’ position

3. Why are the points of view among scientists so different ?

- Theories in science are sometimes on the opposite side

- Scientists from several research centers choose different theories

- Morgane Vergé

Why our society needs censorship?•To protect threat against peace and harmony

•Reporters must be professional in the way they carry out their job•Freedom goes with its responsibilityTHE BIGGEST PROBLEM OF CENSORSHIP:• misinformation is being fed to the public

Anaïs Cordier

Hypothesis on government’s reactions about 2012

•The government knows a lot about the 2012 Doomsday•That gives politics something big to worry about•To avoid panic, suicides...(example: theft, contraction of credit, abuses),

“Two teenagers said they didn't want to see the end of the world so they were thinking of ending their lives.”

Anaïs Cordier

2012 movie : Instrument of censorship or business?

•To reassure people by the fiction•Interrogation is a business to make money

Morality of the movie: •Money can buy your life

Anaïs Cordier

III. 2012 in the popular culture

• 2012, the movie by Roland Emmerich•The viral marketing•The "debunkers“

• Episode of X-files “ the truth”•Video game “Creed”•Volume 4 of “The Silver Surfer”

Pierre Emmanuel Bourne

Questions

• Has the countdown already begun to a major change?

• Will it be the end of the world or the end of a world?

• Will there be a disaster or will the human race evolve towards another level of consciousness?