2012

I probably wouldn't have come across this had Jen, of BlagHag and boobquake fame, not retweeted it earlier today and I am glad she did. It is a blog post on Skepticblog by Daniel Loxton titled Children Waiting for the End of the World. In it the author says that the children of today are scared for the end of the world not because of fear of nuclear extermination, like the kids of the 60's-80's, but because of the fear the world will end it 2012. At the end of his post he says this:

What do we, as skeptics, do about that [children suffering from fear]? Step one is simply to internalize the same truth again and again and again: when paranormal beliefs burn out of control, people get hurt. Ordinary, smart, good people — people like your loved ones, and mine.

And then, we need to roll up our sleeves. With that in mind, I’d like to ask you to do something this week, something small: try to make someone feel better about 2012. Talk to a friend. Tweet a resource. Share a link.

Well darn it if he hadn't liked to the same things that I would have so I will share the link to his article (see above and what the heck here) but I will also link to the articles he linked to in his post.

The USGS on the "increase" in earthquakes

USGS earthquake fact and statistics

New York Times article by a seismologist

And finally a Skeptic magazine article "A NASA Scientist Answers the Top 20 Questions About 2012"

So continue sharing information and we can relax on this fear and enjoy your life because you only live once.