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The '''2012''' [[phenomenon]] is a present-day cultural [[meme]] proposing that cataclysmic or [[transformative]] [[event]]s will occur in the year 2012.[1][2] The forecast is based primarily on what is claimed to be the end-date of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_Long_Count_calendar Mesoamerican Long Count calendar], which is presented as lasting 5,125 years and as terminating on December 21 or 23, 2012. Arguments supporting this dating are drawn from a mixture of amateur [[archaeoastronomy]], alternative interpretations of [[mythology]], numerological constructions, and alleged prophecies from [[extraterrestrial]] beings.

The '''2012''' [[phenomenon]] is a present-day cultural [[meme]] proposing that cataclysmic or [[transformative]] [[event]]s will occur in the year 2012.[1][2] The forecast is based primarily on what is claimed to be the end-date of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_Long_Count_calendar Mesoamerican Long Count calendar], which is presented as lasting 5,125 years and as terminating on December 21 or 23, 2012. Arguments supporting this dating are drawn from a mixture of amateur [[archaeoastronomy]], alternative interpretations of [[mythology]], numerological constructions, and alleged prophecies from [[extraterrestrial]] beings.