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If you want to see a roomful of people roll their eyes, just walk into a gathering of astronomers and shout, “Mayan apocalypse!” For years now, the idea that the earth will be destroyed in a terrible cataclysm on Dec. 21, 2012, has been bouncing around the internet and showing up in articles, books and even movies. But despite what the tinfoil-hat crowd insists, an asteroid is not about to hit the earth. Neither is there an imaginary planet called Nibiru. Our world isn't going to be abruptly flipped upside down like a burger on a griddle. What's more, Mayan astrologers never said any of that stuff would actually happen. Yes, the Maya had what's known as a Long Count calendar, and yes, that calendar ends on Dec. 21, 2012. But the nice thing about calendars, including the one the Maya used, is that they always start over again from zero. All the same, some folks at NASA are worried—not about the end of the world but about the harm all the loose talk may be doing. “I get a tremendous number of e-mails about it,” says a scientist at the NASA. “A large fraction are from people asking if the world will end. A few even talk about suicide.” In an attempt to stop the hysteria, NASA convened a Google+ hangout during which people could ask astronomers anything they wanted to about the rumors. For nearly an hour, the scientists soothed nerves, patiently explaining, for example, that an asteroid en route to earth would have been spotted by telescopes long ago and that Nibiru, if it existed, would now be the brightest object in the sky after the sun and moon.
If you want to see a roomful of people roll their eyes, just walk into a gathering of astronomers and shout, “Mayan apocalypse!” For years now, the idea that the earth will be destroyed in a terrible cataclysm on Dec. 21, 2012, has been bouncing around the internet and showing up in articles, books and even movies. But despite what the tinfoil-hat crowd insists, an asteroid is not about to hit the earth. Neither is there an imaginary planet called Nibiru. Our world isn't going to be abruptly flipped upside down like a burger on a griddle. What's more, Mayan astrologers never said any of that stuff would actually happen. Yes, the Maya had what's known as a Long Count calendar, and yes, that calendar ends on Dec. 21, 2012. But the nice thing about calendars, including the one the Maya used, is that they always start over again from zero. All the same, some folks at NASA are worried—not about the end of the world but about the harm all the loose talk may be doing. “I get a tremendous number of e-mails about it,” says a scientist at the NASA. “A large fraction are from people asking if the world will end. A few even talk about suicide.” In an attempt to stop the hysteria, NASA convened a Google+ hangout during which people could ask astronomers anything they wanted to about the rumors. For nearly an hour, the scientists soothed nerves, patiently explaining, for example, that an asteroid en route to earth would have been spotted by telescopes long ago and that Nibiru, if it existed, would now be the brightest object in the sky after the sun and moon.
Why did the Mayan Calendar bring out this whole apocalypse theory?
- A It is closely related to what was stated in some Biblical documents.
- B It corresponded to certain astronomical discoveries in recent years.
- C People read the structure and dates of the calendar too literally.
- D There are a certain number of astronomers working on the calendar.
- E Part of the calendar has been proved accurate and true.
思路引導 VIP
請試著回想一下，當你翻開家中的掛曆，發現最後一頁停在 12 月 31 日，且後面沒有任何紙張時，你會認為是「時間停止了」還是「該換一本新的了」？如果有人因為看到最後一頁而感到恐慌，你覺得他是對這份掛曆的「性質」產生了什麼樣的解讀錯誤呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你準確地掌握了文章的核心訊息！這題你能選對，說明你具備了優異的細節辨析能力，沒有被「馬雅曆法確實結束了」這個表面資訊所誤導。
曆法的循環與過度解讀
文中提到，馬雅曆法確實在 2012 年 12 月 21 日這一天結束（Long Count calendar ends），但作者隨即補充了一個關鍵的類比：曆法就和我們現在使用的一樣，結束後會「歸零並重新開始」（start over again from zero）。末日預言之所以產生，正是因為人們過度字面地解讀了曆法上的「結束」二字，將其誤認為世界毀滅的終點，而非一個新週期的起點，這正是選項 (C) 所描述的「過度字面解讀」（literally）。
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