2012: Science or Superstition (1-45)

Summary:
When I picked this book, 2012: Science or Superstition by Alexandra Bruce, for my ROAR book, I was hoping that it will really interesting and easy-ish to read. Reality is, it is full of information and vocabulary that I am not familiar with. The author is really strong with her sentence phrasing which makes it hard to understand sometimes. I think it is mostly because her book is basically ALL based on research, research, and research. So far, there is a deep explanation of Mayan history and their Long Count calendar which ended at December 21, 2012 which is set to be the "end of the world" for modern people. Some researchers argued that Mayans were extraterrestrial beings, or aliens, that inhabited on Earth and predicted the future. Bruce mocks these researchers and explain that their reasoning make no sense. Based to this calendar, surprisingly, the world will NOT end in 2012, just that this "World Age" will and a beginning of a new World Age will begin. That means that all human life will be wiped out by natural disasters. According to the Popol Vuh, we are currently living in the Fifth World Age. The previous World Age ended 5, 125 years ago by floods. This World Age is expected to end on Dec 21, 2012 primarily by earthquakes. This is creepy because within the past year, the world experience numerous disastrous earthquake including the tragedic Haiti and Japan earthquake.

Quote:
"How would the governments of our planet prepare six billion people for the end of the world? They wouldn't... No government would really want to admit that they don't have the situation handled" (Bruce 5).

Reaction:
When I read this, I automatically thought of 2012 the movie... and of course I though of Obama. In the movie, the US president (also black) restrained from telling its citizens the truth that the world is "ending" and that everyone will die because of all the natural disasters that is very soon to come. It isn't until last minute that he informs the public and say to his people, "do not panic" and BAM! earthquakes and tsunami take away the lives of the citizens. He knew from the beginning that a big destruction was going to happen, but since he knew that he can't handle the situation, he kept it a secret from the public. It made me think of Obama and the other people who work for the government. I wonder if they would do the same thing that happened in the movie.. IF this ever really happens.