14 DAY TRIAL // As expected, the closer we get to December 2012, the more nutjobs appear, warning about the end of the world at the hands of a planetary alignment, the planet Niburu, the shifting of Earth magnetic poles or axis, solar storms, the end of the Mayan calendar, a giant asteroid and so on.
Needless to say, for all rational people out there, these are nothing but wild speculations, born out of fear, people's overactive ability to search for patterns and connections where there are none, and also sheer stupidity, because a lot of that exists in the world to go around.
In the video above, NASA scientists Don Yeomans, from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Near-Earth Object Program, goes through some of the claims made by various doomsayers, taking them apart one by one.
Unfortunately, while I do try to do my job properly, no amount of rational clips such as this one will be able to persuade the lunatics that they're wrong. We will still see suicides and other such manifestation, primarily fueled by false prophets' words. And that will be a real shame.