End-of-world prophecies for 2012 are hoaxes perpetrated by the scientifically illiterate on the scientifically under-informedHey did he just describe Fox News and its viewers?
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 25, 2012
Well considering that they are running headlines like this one, "Mayan apocalypse countdown: 1 month 'til doom," and this one, "Mayan Apocalypse Believers Take Refuge in French Town," and of course this one, "Will the World End on December 21?," I think perhaps he just might have been.
And THIS is the cable network that millions of people turn to for "news."
A nice way of saying "the stupid" and "the ignorant".
ReplyDeleteWell, on December 22nd, maybe a few more Fox viewers, who haven't already left fox after their inaccurate Romney election predictions, will find something more useful to do with their time.
ReplyDeleteOur culture seems to dearly LOVE doomsday scenarios. :( We go from one to another. This is just the latest.
ReplyDeleteI learned of the 2012 calendar end date directly from a Mayan Daykeeper almost 20 years ago. It is simply the end of one of their many calendars. (They have, like, 18 or something) It has significance in that - in their culture and reckoning - it ends one Age/cycle and ushers in another. The Mayans have never said it was the "literal" End of the World.
There's a long history of that. One of the reasons Christianity gained such a strong hold was the eschatology. Everyone thought the second coming of Christ would be in THEIR lifetime.
DeleteGuess there's no need to secede.
ReplyDeleteThe gubmint is paying him to tell us this so that we remain calm and quietly go about out daily routines until That Thing happens.
ReplyDeleteFOX News is nothing more than tabloid journalism with a political bias.
ReplyDeleteI heard him on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me this weekend...and now I'm worried about 2036 when a giant meteor might strike the Earth. He says we should know in enough time so that no one will die...but...it seems...terrifying...
ReplyDeleteI say it's time to end FOX's world.
ReplyDeleteMatthew 25:13 - Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.
ReplyDeleteProfessing themselves to be wise, they became fools? Fox "News" is a joke. Look who they hired as a "contributor."