• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    He lost his funding shortly thereafter

    He can’t be too upset. The world didn’t end in 2012 so his hypothesis was wrong.

    I wonder what all those 2012 people say today?

    • Troy
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      11 months ago

      Same thing all numerologists will say: ah, something was wrong with the calculation. The world will actually end (insert some new date in the near future, so the grift can continue).

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events

      After his 1260 prediction failed, the followers of Joachim of Fiore rescheduled the end of the world to 1290 and then again to 1335.

      History is full of this stuff :)

    • Queen HawlSera@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      Was one of them, many of us coped by saying something subtle “changed” that will become noticeable later.