The Mayans were most certainly thinking of this 10... 2.. uh... longish time ago. *shifty eyes*
It's important but not immediatly. If we intend to survive the otherwise-end we may as well be prepared for it a few million years in advance. Really the only really pointless sort of things are probably computer games and stuff like that. Uhm.
This is a twist. Now a moderator is raging at the regular community members.
To the topic, I don't think anybody can stop themselves from thinking of one thing. I know a bucket full of things to think about that aren't better than the apocalypse.
And, by your post about instincts, I believe you're saying thinking about the apocalypse will cause the apocalypse.
Okay, Spock, just because it's not logical to think about it doesn't mean that it's not interesting for a lot of kids. Especially that image of them blasting the fuck out of undead humans with shotguns and shit. That's why zombie culture in media is worth like 3.8 billion dollars, cba to look up the real amount.
Then why didn't they think "Oh my, we certainly need a bigger really round stone." rather than "We all die."
Wait, wasn't it that they found that they couldn't predict it any further or someshtuff?
*googles*
Out of useless thing that we could possibility be thinking about, thinking about how humanity might be wiped out would be the lesser of many.
It doesn't seem people have ever done anything for any reason except that they feel like it, no matter how retarded it is, although focusing on something necessary to your survival would be more rational. Only a little though, since very, very few people have any rational reason for wanting to survive/reproduce either.
Meh. It's kind of a weird question. When will the world end. I don't see why it has to end.