Its not the Mayans I fear, its Nastradamuses prediction of the end of the world I fear. 2012 is a hoax but this guy was real and his predictions in his passed life were accurate.
I watched a TV show about him a while ago, he predicted the life of 7 sons and daughters of a queen, an injury of a king durring a joust and his death, and much more. He has a whole book dedicated to him with all of his predictions written down. One of his last predictions was the year of the end of the world, it was said to come around the year of the 31st century, 3200 something last time I've seen the date.