1 00:00:12,150 --> 00:00:08,430 i'm not expecting anything special in 2 00:00:13,830 --> 00:00:12,160 2012 around december 21st 3 00:00:16,310 --> 00:00:13,840 i'm not going to lay in any extra 4 00:00:18,630 --> 00:00:16,320 supplies no survival gear i'm just going 5 00:00:20,950 --> 00:00:18,640 to lay in an extra supply of eggnog for 6 00:00:22,870 --> 00:00:20,960 the coming holiday season 7 00:00:25,670 --> 00:00:22,880 there's no planet nibiru there's no 8 00:00:26,710 --> 00:00:25,680 planet x and nothing is hurtling toward 9 00:00:27,990 --> 00:00:26,720 us 10 00:00:29,509 --> 00:00:28,000 but there have been claims on the 11 00:00:31,509 --> 00:00:29,519 internet that there is a planet called 12 00:00:32,950 --> 00:00:31,519 nibiru four times the size of the earth 13 00:00:35,670 --> 00:00:32,960 that's going to 14 00:00:37,830 --> 00:00:35,680 come close to the earth or smack it in 15 00:00:40,310 --> 00:00:37,840 december of 2012 16 00:00:42,069 --> 00:00:40,320 but there's no telescopic evidence 17 00:00:43,990 --> 00:00:42,079 there's no evidence that it's perturbed 18 00:00:46,069 --> 00:00:44,000 any of the inner planets or the outer 19 00:00:48,790 --> 00:00:46,079 planets which you would have to do if it 20 00:00:50,389 --> 00:00:48,800 were in orbit around the sun 21 00:00:53,029 --> 00:00:50,399 and so there's no evidence whatsoever 22 00:00:54,790 --> 00:00:53,039 and as carl sagan pointed out many times 23 00:00:56,470 --> 00:00:54,800 extraordinary claims require 24 00:00:59,029 --> 00:00:56,480 extraordinary evidence and there's no 25 00:01:02,229 --> 00:00:59,039 evidence whatsoever for nibiru 26 00:01:03,990 --> 00:01:02,239 the mayan calendar does not end in 2012. 27 00:01:06,469 --> 00:01:04,000 they have 28 00:01:08,469 --> 00:01:06,479 terms that they use for long periods of 29 00:01:10,390 --> 00:01:08,479 time much like we have terms for long 30 00:01:12,630 --> 00:01:10,400 periods of time like a decade a 31 00:01:14,830 --> 00:01:12,640 millennia the mayans had something 32 00:01:17,830 --> 00:01:14,840 called the long count which was 33 00:01:21,190 --> 00:01:17,840 5125 years long and that's what's coming 34 00:01:24,630 --> 00:01:21,200 to an end on december 21st 2012 35 00:01:28,149 --> 00:01:24,640 but a new long count begins on december 36 00:01:29,030 --> 00:01:28,159 22nd 2012. much like our own calendar 37 00:01:31,270 --> 00:01:29,040 ends 38 00:01:34,310 --> 00:01:31,280 on december 31st and a new calendar for 39 00:01:36,950 --> 00:01:34,320 the next year begins on january 1. 40 00:01:38,149 --> 00:01:36,960 regarding the solar maximum cycle 41 00:01:39,910 --> 00:01:38,159 the sun has 42 00:01:42,149 --> 00:01:39,920 a period of solar activity that lasts 43 00:01:44,950 --> 00:01:42,159 about 11 years so it is scheduled to 44 00:01:47,190 --> 00:01:44,960 reach a maximum around 2012 but it's 45 00:01:49,350 --> 00:01:47,200 been doing this 46 00:01:51,510 --> 00:01:49,360 for millennia it reaches a solar maximum 47 00:01:53,590 --> 00:01:51,520 every 11 years or so for millennia and 48 00:01:54,870 --> 00:01:53,600 there's no reason to suspect that this 49 00:01:56,630 --> 00:01:54,880 2012 50 00:01:57,749 --> 00:01:56,640 time period will be any different from 51 00:01:59,510 --> 00:01:57,759 the others 52 00:02:01,670 --> 00:01:59,520 now as far as the earth's magnetic field 53 00:02:03,830 --> 00:02:01,680 goes uh there is 54 00:02:06,149 --> 00:02:03,840 in historic time 55 00:02:08,949 --> 00:02:06,159 pole reversals north to south south to 56 00:02:11,270 --> 00:02:08,959 north but that sort of pole reversal of 57 00:02:13,430 --> 00:02:11,280 the earth's magnetic field occurs on 58 00:02:15,750 --> 00:02:13,440 400 000 year time scales and it takes 59 00:02:17,510 --> 00:02:15,760 thousands of years for that change in 60 00:02:19,030 --> 00:02:17,520 polarity to take place 61 00:02:20,869 --> 00:02:19,040 and there's no evidence whatsoever that 62 00:02:23,190 --> 00:02:20,879 it's going to start 63 00:02:24,390 --> 00:02:23,200 changing polarity in 2012 and even if it 64 00:02:25,990 --> 00:02:24,400 did 65 00:02:27,910 --> 00:02:26,000 that wouldn't affect the rotation of the 66 00:02:30,390 --> 00:02:27,920 earth nor would it affect the the 67 00:02:32,150 --> 00:02:30,400 rotation axis of the earth 68 00:02:33,910 --> 00:02:32,160 there are no planetary alignments in 69 00:02:35,030 --> 00:02:33,920 2012 there won't be any planetary 70 00:02:37,350 --> 00:02:35,040 alignments 71 00:02:38,150 --> 00:02:37,360 for a couple of decades on either side 72 00:02:40,150 --> 00:02:38,160 of 73 00:02:41,910 --> 00:02:40,160 2012 and even if there were 74 00:02:44,869 --> 00:02:41,920 it wouldn't be an effect because the 75 00:02:46,470 --> 00:02:44,879 only objects in space that materially 76 00:02:48,790 --> 00:02:46,480 affect the earth's 77 00:02:50,150 --> 00:02:48,800 motion are the sun and the moon 78 00:02:52,150 --> 00:02:50,160 folks have to be very careful when they 79 00:02:53,190 --> 00:02:52,160 get information on the web and that's 80 00:02:54,869 --> 00:02:53,200 that goes 81 00:02:56,949 --> 00:02:54,879 especially for objects that are in near 82 00:02:59,509 --> 00:02:56,959 earth space and are coming close to the 83 00:03:02,470 --> 00:02:59,519 earth we have a website called asteroid 84 00:03:04,710 --> 00:03:02,480 watch which is backed with evidence and 85 00:03:06,149 --> 00:03:04,720 scientific method 86 00:03:07,350 --> 00:03:06,159 if we put something out there it's the 87 00:03:08,869 --> 00:03:07,360 truth 88 00:03:10,550 --> 00:03:08,879 if you go to other websites and they're 89 00:03:11,990 --> 00:03:10,560 putting things out without evidence 90 00:03:13,589 --> 00:03:12,000 without science 91 00:03:15,030 --> 00:03:13,599 don't believe it you have to be very