Possibility of the Prophecies for 2012.

New age? Galactic alignment? Timewave zero and the I Ching? End of the world?
I read this, it kinda make sense, so here it is:

Human

• Flu Pandemic - it might not be swine flu, but flu researchers say a deadly pandemic is not a case of if, but when.
• Nuclear War / WW3 / Biological War - although the Cold War is over, and less bunkers are being built, the threat is still very real.
• Large Hadron Collider - scientists tinkering with something they think they understand the risks of, but what if there's a 0.000001% chance their black hole calculations are wrong? Is it worth the risk?
• Nanotechnology - while this might have health concerns when used in everyday products (ie sunscreen), the doomsday risk is when self-replicating little thingies are developed. Search for "grey goo".
• Religious Apocalypse - or rapture, or "judgement day". Most religions predict such a day, but atheists have nothing to worry about.
• Nuclear Accident - nothing is foolproof. We've had such accidents in the past, and a bigger accident is totally possible.
• Rise of the Machines - somewhere between Terminator and I Robot is an easy prediction: robots one day will have the capacity to rule the world. Are we stupid enough to allow it to happen?
• Genetic Modification - we blindly take vaccinations, and we might be sheep when it comes to "gene therapy" as well. Our desire to live longer might just be our undoing.
• Time Travel Error - someone from the future ventures into our past and causes a conflict in the time-space continuum...

From Space

• Nearby Supernova - experts say that no supernova candidates are close enough to harm us. But how many supernovas have they observed?
• Explosion from the black hole at the center of our galaxy - read about how something similar could have caused the recent tsunami
• Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) - a 2004 study told us that a GRB from a distance of just one kiloparsec could destroy half of Earth's ozone layer.
• Asteroid/Meteor/Comet - ancient, advanced civilisations have one distinct advantage over us - they may have observed the skies for longer, and may have spotted an orbit that will culminate in a collision with Earth in 2012.
• Coronal Mass Ejection (CRE) from our Sun - typically expected to merely cause power blackouts and wreck satellites. But do we really know how big they can get?
• Cosmic Rays - a pet favourite of mine. Either an increase striking our atmosphere, or a weakening of our shields. Either way, more cosmic rays would be silent killers.
• Solar System Falls Apart (butterfly effect) - to the best of our knowledge, everything is OK for a long, long time. But throw a stray comet or Planet X into the mix, and our solar system could turn into a catastrophic pinball machine.
• Alien Invasion - no evidence, but plenty of believers!

From Earth

• Magnetic Pole Shift - this is something that scientists state has happened before. They suggest it takes thousands of years and does no harm. They are wrong - it could just as easily happen overnight. No mechanism is known for the cause of the magnetic poles swapping places.
• Crustal Displacement - a physical pole shift.
• Supervolcano -these are real, they have caused great catastrophes in the past, and we have no idea when the next eruption will be. Some believe Yellowstone has been exhibiting signs of unrest.
• Ice Age - right now the buzz is about "global warming", yet a mere thirty years ago we were worried about an impending Ice Age.
• Global Warming - it will only take an increase of a couple of degrees to make life very difficult for most humans

Originally by Robert Bast
Extracted from Survive 2010



1257 hours - 16th of August, Year 2009