The Mayan calendar had previously predicted the end of the world in December 2012? Now, a new conspiracy theory suggests that the actual doomsday might be soon as the world is slated to end on June 21, 2020.
This claim is a follow on from the theory that the world was supposed to end in 2012 when the Mayan calendar finished. However, as per the New York Times, that theory might have been wrong since it is alleged that per the Julian calendar, we are currently living in the year 2012, and not 2020.
The theory also bases its claims on a previously falsified theory which suggested that eight years were lost during the transition from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar.
In a tweet that has been deleted now, scientist Paolo Tagaloguin further fueled the theory and explained: “Following the Julian Calendar, we are technically in 2012. The number of days lost in a year due to the shift into Gregorian Calendar is 11 days. For 268 years using the Gregorian Calendar (1752-2020) times 11 days = 2,948 days. 2,948 days / 365 days (per year) = 8 years”.
