SCIENTISTS PREDICT THAT THE WORLD WILL BE DESTROYED BY THE YEAR 2012 BUT IT DID NOT HAPPEN.THEY PREDICTED MORE DATES BEFORE AND AFTER 2012. BUT STILL NOTHING HAPPENED.ARE THE SCIENTISTS REALLY WRONG AND WHAT MAKES THEM THINK THAT THE EARTH IS GOING TO GET DESTROYED?

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The prediction was not done by the scientist, it was done by the astrologers on the basis of Maya calendar (calendar made of Maya civilization) which has no scientific base. Most of the future predictions are also based on astrology and have little scientific base.

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