The site “InformationIsBeautiful.net” has created a lovely info-graphic listing and shredding various silly ideas associated with 2012, the Mayan calendar, galactic arrangements and whatnot. You can see it here, and certainly should. It lists lots of ridiculous ideas that I didn’t know existed, even beyond the obvious errors in astronomical calculations and ethnography (Mayans and [...]

Dartmouth College geography professor emeritus Vincent Malmström is an expert in the sometimes contentious field of pre-Columbian calendars in North America. I wrote about him in my column in June, concerning his help debunking the “Mayans-say-the-world-will-end-in-2012″ goofiness.
Using the Perseid meteor shower (which peaked Tuesday) as a news hook, Dartmouth noted that Malmstrom believes the shower [...]

Thanks to this piece in Salon titled “Why the 2012 cult is a silly scam,” I found research by Dartmouth geography professor Vincent Malstrom titled “The Astronomical Insignificance of Maya Date 13.0.0.0″ which shows how ridiculous the whole thing is.