Sir Isaac Newton is one of the most famous scientists in the world, and while we all know about that whole gravity thing, the fact that he was secretly an alchemist might come as a surprise.
In fact, after his death in 1727, a series of notes written by Newton were discovered, in which he conjured up philosopher's stone recipes and mocked scientists who didn’t believe in God.
Most famously of all, though, Newton used his manuscripts to apply mathematical logic to Bible verses, which led the scientist to believe the world would end in 2060.
As for how Newton settled on the date, TikToker @jk_ultra notes: “He [Newton] got the 2060 because he believed it would be 1,260 years that the corruption of the church would reign.
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“He played around with a lot of different start dates, but he settled on the year 800 AD, because [that’s when] Charlemagne would become the first holy Roman emperor.”
For context, in his manuscripts Newton argued that forms of Christianity had been corrupted, hence the 1,200 years of illegitimacy starting with Charlemagne, who was a devout catholic.
@jk_ultra explained at the beginning of their video: “Sir Isaac Newton said the world was going to end in the year 2060. When this information became public in 2003, people were shocked. In his manuscripts [Newton] believed that 2060 would be the return of Christ.”
It’s worth noting that Newton didn’t suggest the world will go out in a big blaze of fire come 2060, but rather a new divine era will commence.
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As @jk_ultra explains: “He didn’t say it was the end of the world. He said there’ll be war, famine, plague - the same thing everyone else says.
“Newton said it would only be the end of the world as we know it because Babylon will fall and there will be a kingdom of saints on earth, that the second coming of Christ would happen and that it would be a millennium of peace.”
They added: "This is what we call ‘millenarianiam’. And this is a fundamental transformation of society. It’s the belief that radical changes to society are going to happen after a major radicalism.”
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Comments quickly piled up beneath the clip, with one person noting: “It makes sense why Elon Musk wants to live on Mars by 2050.”
Another sceptical social media user added: “People can be geniuses, but they aren't always right,” while many more TikTokers simply pointed out how much Newton looks like Eddie Munson from Stranger Things.
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