Tell me about the day before the end of the world, what do you want to do most?

Scientists debunk the doomsday preview: Scientists first debunk the so-called "doomsday" prophecy by using the Mayan calendar. The Mayan calendar did not end in 212, so the Mayans themselves did not regard this year as the end of the world. However, December 21st, 212 (Winter Solstice) is definitely an important day for the Mayans.

Farewell Atlantis poster

There was a big crack in the ground of California, USA. The building collapsed like a match, the whole seaside community was dumped into the sea like garbage, and Yellowstone National Park became a mass of fireworks. The subsequent earthquake triggered a tsunami, the White House was shattered by an aircraft carrier, and even the roof of the world became a Wang Yang ...

This is the scene in the blockbuster "212" just released. The "212 Holocaust" described in this film has become a hot topic on the Internet. So, will there really be a human catastrophe in 212, or is this just an ordinary number?

Lie 1: The Mayans predicted

Elder Maya: There is no such thing

Scientists first used the Mayan calendar to debunk the so-called "doomsday" prediction. The Mayan calendar did not end in 212, so the Mayans themselves did not regard this year as the end of the world. However, December 21st, 212 (Winter Solstice) is definitely an important day for the Mayans. Anthony Avini, an archaeologist at Colgate University in the United States, is an expert on Mayan culture. Avini said, "In the Mayan calendar, 1,872, days is a reincarnation, that is, 5,125.37 years."

picton, a Guatemalan Mayan elder, also said, "There is no such thing at all!" He even said that the doomsday theory originated from the west, and the Mayans never had such an idea.

Lie 2: Solar Activity Burst

Scientists cracked: Not enough to "destroy the earth"

A doomsday theory holds that an extremely violent solar storm will break out in 212, and its energy is equivalent to the explosion of 1 billion atomic bombs. Previously, cosmologists had predicted that 212 would be the peak of solar activity. However, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently said that the latest forecast shows that solar activity will not reach a small peak until 213, but the sun is still a bit "lazy" recently. Please note that even during such a "small peak", the activity of the sun will not be too strong, but it will only cause some interference to radio transmission.

In fact, solar flares have laws to follow, and their outbreak period is about 11 years. Violent solar flares may destroy communication facilities and other things on the earth, but scientists have never said that the sun will release a powerful solar storm enough to scorch the whole earth, at least not in the short term.

Lie 3: geomagnetic polarity inversion

Scientists have cracked: the geomagnetic field is weak and changes slowly

Some predictions about the end of the world claim that by 212, the earth's crust and surface will suddenly separate, and magma will gush out from the inner core. Separated continents will fill the whole human race into the sea, and earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and other disasters will appear together.

Scientists have refuted these so-called predictions. Adam Malouf, a geologist at Princeton University in the United States, has made in-depth research on the "bipolar rotation" and Mayan prophecy. Maluf believes that some magnetic signs in rocks indicate that the earth may have undergone such drastic magnetic field changes, but this process is a slow process that lasts for millions of years, so slow that human beings simply do not feel this change.

Li Min, secretary general of the Astronomical Society of Jiangsu Province, said: "In fact, from the perspective of the history of the earth, there have indeed been drastic changes in the magnetic field." Li Min said that in the past 78 million years, the earth's magnetic field has reversed 171 times, and the latest magnetic field reversal occurred about 78, years ago. However, this degree of inclination is very slow. Moreover, the earth's magnetic field is a weak magnetic field. In general, the average intensity of the surface magnetic field is only .5-.6 gauss, which is only about 1% of that of an ordinary magnet. A magnet will not affect us, let alone the weak geomagnetism. "So, we can only say that it is indeed possible for the earth's magnetic poles to change, but it is not enough for a devastating disaster."

Lie 4: The sun, the earth and the planets are connected in a straight line

Scientist: In 1982, the 9-star connecting beads also passed safely

Astrologers believe that the sun, the earth and the planets may be connected in a straight line in 212, and the route of the sun in the sky will pass through the center of the Milky Way, which will make the earth under the traction of more powerful unknown cosmic forces and accelerate the destruction of the earth.

"This kind of connection statement has no scientific significance." Li Min said with a smile that these so-called "several-star connection" phenomena are reflected in many film and television works. In fact, in 1982, there was a phenomenon of "nine stars connecting beads", and there was no catastrophic event. There will be no planets in a straight line in 212 and the next few decades, and it is impossible for the earth to suddenly go to the center of the Milky Way. In fact, every winter solstice, from the earth's point of view, the sun seems to be in the center of the Milky Way, which is nothing special. It will not cause changes in the earth's gravity, solar radiation and planetary orbits, so this prediction has no scientific basis.

Lie 5: Nibiru planet hit the earth

NASA: If there was a planet that hit the earth, it should have been found 1 years ago

Due to the deep feeling of the disaster scene and the mystery of Mayan civilization, some viewers began to believe the story in the film, and they logged on various websites to leave messages, accusing NASA of concealing the fact that Nibiru, the tenth largest planet, was about to collide with the earth.

on November 9th, NASA was forced to make a public statement that the doomsday advertised in Farewell Atlantis did not exist. In an open letter on NASA's website, scientists said: "The propaganda in the film is groundless. If the tragedy of the collision between the planet and the earth really happens, astronomers predicted it as early as 1 years ago, and now it is very close to December 21, 212. We can visually observe the planet even through the naked eye. Scientists all over the world know that 212 will not be the so-called end of the earth. And it needs to be emphasized that our planet has been safe for the past 4 billion years. "

lie 6: neutrinos heat the earth's core?

Scientist: The movie actually changed the concept

Farewell Atlantis let "neutrinos" destroy the earth, which sounds "scientific" because only neutrinos can easily penetrate the ground, while other particles can hardly. So, will neutrinos heat the core? Shen Guanjun, a professor at the School of Geographical Sciences of Nanjing Normal University and an expert in radiochemistry, said that this is impossible because neutrinos basically do not react with other substances. Well, now we can finally understand the "trick" of the film writer: he stole "neutrinos are easy to be detected underground" and replaced them with "neutrinos can bypass the surface and directly heat the core".

why is the earth most likely to be destroyed?

British media assess various possibilities: environmental damage ranks first

1. Alien invasion probability: 1%

2. Planet impact probability: 2%

3. Catastrophic solar activity probability: 3%

4. Earth magnetic pole overturning probability: 1%

5. Super volcanic eruption probability: 5. Probability of terrorist incidents: 2%

8. Probability of oil production reaching its peak: 4%

9. Probability of bee colony disappearing: 7%

1. Probability of environment being completely destroyed: 7%

Discussion: How to save mankind if the end of the world really comes?

After seeing Farewell Atlantis, many viewers used their brains to think about other ways to save mankind besides building Noah's Ark in the movie.

hollowing out the Himalayas: Mount Everest and four other peaks with an altitude of more than 8, meters have a lot of space to use. The area of Mount Everest Nature Reserve alone exceeds 3, square kilometers. It should not be a problem to dig thousands of kilometers of tunnels in such a large area and space. Just live for a year or so temporarily and wait until the water recedes.

Migrating to the moon or building a large space station: Space migration is not new in science fiction movies, and human beings have had this idea for a long time, but it has never been put into practice. It should be feasible to put all the scientific and technological forces and resources into space to seek survival opportunities.

Building giant airships: Compared with aircraft such as airplanes, airships have stronger endurance in the air, and the cost and technical requirements are much lower than those of space immigrants. According to the calculation of 1, people per airship, 1, airships can save 1 million people. It should not be difficult for all countries in the world to work together to build 1 thousand large airships.

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