See, the reason people believe that the world will end is because of how they misread the long-count calender. The calender consists of several digits, the largest being a b'ak'tun. at the start of the mayan long count, it read 13. 00. 00. (i think) and as the time went by, it slowly rotated, to 13. 00. 01, 13. 00. 02, much like the speed selection knob on the 727. in any case, this system mean that eventually, the counter would read 13. 00. 00 again, which is today that is why the mayans celebrated or made big news of this day, because it would be the day the long count calender reached the 13th b'ak'tun. so let's all celebrate the resetting of the Mayan long count calender