Quite interesting - Mayan day/nights and earth periods

[Richard]

In my experience, those who forward a "gradualist" scenario are reacting negatively to the possibility of being abruptly separated from loved ones.

That's funny because I see those as the ones "seeing past the facade". I see no reason to attribute emotion to the "gradualist" theory. I used to have difficulty seeing it too. Admittedly, I was of the "abrupt" scenario because I didn't want to consider that I had to wait any longer, and I also wanted to 'proof' the material one way or the other. I clouded my own perception of the material to fit the "abrupt/instantaneous" scenario. The only reason I'm pointing this out is because it is apparent that avoidance of the possibility can go both ways.

Or conversely, it could be said that those favoring the abrupt scenario are reacting negatively to the possibility of dealing with another few hundred years of catalyst.

I tend towards the gradualist camp mainly because I just have a hard time believing that all this can change in an instant.

Richard