User blog comment:Stealthghost/2012: Doomsday or Not?/@comment-1915803-20101008120556

Here's the deal with this…

In a natural, human-less sense, no this doomsday thing is just a superstitious hoax and it isn't going to happen because of natural effects. Now, in human terms, yes, I think it's highly likely some event will occur on Dec. 21, 2012 that humans will instigate. And you know why I believe that? First, gullibility. Humans are gullible enough to believe the whole Mayan calendar doomsday hoax, and think that anything that happens at that exact time is exactly what the Mayans had planned for. Second, cruel opportunity and exploitation of other humans. This is the key – some group of people, or maybe many, will instigate their OWN doomsday event in 2012 under the guise of it being what the Mayans had predicted. There are some real loonies in this world, and they do have the heart to do this. It's basically like this… if humans weren't around, no this doomsday thing wouldn't happen. but since humans are around, the bad apples of humanity will see this as their opportunity to stage something in the name of what the Mayans had predicted.

Long post is long. But insightful, nonetheless.