The premise of the disaster movie 2012 opening Nov. 13 is that the world will end on Dec. 21, 2012. Where did this prediction originate? Take your pick: Mayan, Hindu or Hopi prophesy; galactic realignment; Web bots; or polar reversal. In any event, the Internet is busily perpetuating pseudo science that NASA calls nothing less than bait-and-switch tactics. Here, eWEEK looks at some of the popular Internet doomsday theories.
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