Expert: Steve Nelson - 5/2/2010

Question
QUESTION: Will we be doomed in 2012? Please provide a thorough explanation and back up all of your statements with a list of reliable sources. I would like at least 20 reliable references cited. Thanks.

ANSWER: Twenty references?  Then this is homework, and I don't answer homework.  But you can cite me as a reference that we'll be just fine.

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QUESTION: I swear under oath that his is not a homework question. I was looking for enough concrete evidence to prove something (that there is nothing to worry about) to worried people. Please kindly answer my question. Thanks.

Answer
I almost put this under "explain to questioner why you can't answer this question," but I have an opinion on this and I think those who read my previous answers before asking me questions (it's final exam time) should see it.

I'm not looking up 20 references on mythology, not my subject, for something ridiculous like 2010.  And you can swear under oath all you want, a set minimum number of references still implies homework.  You can tell them that very smart people consider 2012 a ridiculous waste of time based on a misinterpretation of an early explorer.  For references, there's a cheap new book out on the subject.  http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywo

You want an answer to a physics mystery?  Then I can answer it.