This requires that you have at the least a very basic understanding of plate tectonics (which you get in most states by the 8th grade).

Lets start from the beginning. Everyone knows that there are 4 layers of different materials in the Earth. The solid outer crust, the mantle, composed of quasi solid nickel and iron, the liquid outer core, and the solid inner core

If so, and you also payed attention while learning about earthquakes, you would know that s-waves can not travel through the liguid outer core. There are 2 kinds of waves required to make an earthquake, which cause tsunamis, earthquakes, and some eruptions, the Primary and Secondary wave. The Primary wave is faster then the Secondary wave, and can pass through solids and liquids. The actual damage cause by earthquakes occurs when both waves reach the surface and their motions combine to become Surface waves. Henceforth, your retarded, and should learn some basic facts about tectonics before you attempt to tell other people what will happen if a pole shift occurs.

To me there is nothing better than watching a killer global catastrophe movie in all its raging glory, except maybe getting sublimely busy with a couple awesome ladies on a cold stormy night in the dead of winter.

For a man who puts his faith in the bible, you seem to understand almost nothing about it. You may have some general ideas right, but you're completely incorrect about what the bible says. You say you know how the world will end, but anyone with even a simple understanding of the bible knows that the world isn't going to end at Armageddon.

Taking in count that mayans were the best astronomers of all the history... The meteor theory is the most plausible .It's possible that they calculated the trajectory of some particular meteor in the space, and knew it was going to impact that year and that day.

Un saludo.

The mayans were fabulous astonomers, for their time. They could not have located a meteor and plotted its trajectory without:

A) Telescopes to view it with.

B ) Understanding of the strength of gravity and its effect on objects motion in space

C) The knowledge that the Earth moves, not the sky.

It is possible, but highly unlikely. Objects in space that do not give off or reflect light are nearly impossible to see with just your eyes

Everyone deserves it.

If we can't agree on something simple (like the fact that we can't agree on everything) then the end of the world will happen exclusively because of humans, nevermind a pole shift or black hole.

My favourite thing about this thread, is that everyone's a renown and credited scientist.  You are all experts in your field at the top of your game.  Congratulations!

Dresden Codex proved that the Mayan civilization was at least 2000+/-500 years AHEAD of the Europeans when it comes to Astronomy & possibly even more scientific achievements... why much of the entire cultural artifacts were slandered or simply destroyed by invaders, btw.

Some people are Guluble (sp?)

Calendar was made by man therefore it means nothing.

IF the world end it's not because of a calendar In anycase rthe planet only needs to get rid of us humans then it will be fine. This all sounds like the Y2K thing.

Nothing will happen. Business as usual.

I agree, not many ancient civ could survive on open land much less on an rock mountian top. Their astrology and their way of measuring time is still being study by academics today. Also not to mention, probably a richer history than those spanish who came. Sure if you were talking about their warfare techs you are in completely correct they are inferior to them. But they at least kept their knowledge when Europe was just barely coming out of the dark Ages

I wish you could quote avatars.......

I am not trying to say the mayans weren't advanced beyond the common depiction of uncivilized savages that is usually associated with american natives, they built, they mined, they made a calendar, and they survived in a jungle full of things that could eat them. It's impressive.

When the europeans arrived in the americas, the mayan cities were abandoned. Empty. That was my point; if they were so advanced why would they leave their established places of living to eek out a meaningless existence (they had no technology left at this point) in the jungle?

Europe had been out of the dark ages for hundreds of years, the entire continent was rather prosperous. Not to mention that the dark ages are only called that because there are very few records of what happened after the collapse of rome (thus the time being "dark" to historians).

Every civilization's way of living is still being studied by academia, the greeks, the romans, the persians, the aztecs, the mayans, the inca, the vikings, the chinese (both pre and post han dynasty), the japanese, the pacific islanders, the aboriginees, Everything. Not because it was unbelievably advanced for its time, but because people want to know.

All of these peoples have changed something about the way the world developed (ships design and the vikings for example).

The end of world doesn't care about if the mayans were a billion years ahead of the europeans in astronomy, and we should only care if it is going to happen december 21st 2012. Just a few weeks after the 2012 presidential election in the U.S.

Actually, it had much more to do with the fact that the Europeans were largely immune to Smallpox, but the natives weren't. The disease killed something like 90% of the Noth American natives.... you(general "you") should read Guns, Germs, And Steel by Jared Diamond..... FASCINATING explanation of the colonial system.