I actually have saved an explanation so I can use it whenever this thread pops up anywhere. Here we go :P

Okay.

This is a side-view of our galaxy, the milky way (or at least an artistic representation of it) :



As you can see, it is not perfectly flat, it has a certain "height". Now, you can't really see it like this, but the bright line in the middle of the picture is formed of billions of stars. One of these stars is the sun, our sun.

Every star revolves around the center of the galaxy, but they also change their relative height, over time. What will happen around december 23rd 2012 is that the sun, and our whole solar system, will cross the middle of the milky way. There is no "up" and "down" in space, but if you consider that we are above the white stripe on the above picture as of now, in 2012 we will cross below it.

Now of course, you wonder "but what will that actually do to us?".

Short answer : ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.So stop freaking out already :P

viva_hate

http://ca.kotaku.com/5553606/man-accused-of-killing-kitten-for-unplugging-game-console

Over a video game he kills a kitten. This man needs mental help.

there just cows.. we are going to eat them anywaysimaps3fanboy

I disagree. Believing in God requires faith rather than visual or physical proof. Just because we cannot see God, doesn't mean that he is imaginary.

Wolf-Man2006

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If literal infinity is possible, then it would break mathematics as we know it. It would destroy the most fundamental concept of math - that you can add one or subtract one from anything. Look at this: Let i = infinity i + 1 = ? i - 1 = ? See the problem here?jalexbrown

No, what you just did is mathematically impossible, infinity is by definition the largest possible quantitative value. The bigger question is inifinity capable of being quantified? I would say yes and no. Yes in the sense that you can measure the Sears tower with a yardstick, but you won't be able to measure more than a yard of it. We could, theoretically, quantify parts of infinity but not infinity itself. But again, how do you really know if it goes on forever, what is forever, that's the bigger dillema.