Scientific point of view, about End of the World

Experts in ancient Mayan culture, astrophysics, and other scientists, as well as representatives of major religious denominations are prophecies regarding 2012 skeptical. Experts point out that the life cycle of the earth is finite, but the world would end no earlier than 5 billion years.
NASA published a website answers scientists associated with the fatal year 2012 issues.Agency specialists defied prediction and argue that the Earth this year does nothing to worry about.Similar action in 2008 was implemented on the website of the University Tulane local scientists.According to Harvey Bricker, professor emeritus of anthropology and research fellow of the Institute, the alarmist speculation based on "ignorance and disinformation"

But it's worth noting that the theory of Terence McKenna on the singularity of finite time is similar to the scientific papers.It partially overlaps with the scientific hypothesis of the "technological singularity", which is the main promoter of Vernor Vinge. In his article "The upcoming technological singularity" Vinge said that the growth of technical progress will lead to symbiosis of man and machine, or to the creation of artificial intelligence and self-replicating machines.
Thus, it is impossible to predict the future of humanity, and that is a mathematical singularity.Scientists are considering such a theory, however, do not provide forecasts when it can happen.Anyway, science and quasi-religious cults agree that the current state of humanity - this is a transitional stage in the future people will move to a higher stage of development.
Кроме того, некоторые исследователи замечают, что с приближением к 2012 году временны́е интервалы между природными катаклизмами становятся всё меньше.
Thus, even the head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Sergei Shoigu acknowledged that the number of abnormal natural phenomena in the world for the past 10 years has almost doubled in comparison with the average of previous years.
In May 2011, the Nobel Prize winners in its third annual conference in Stockholm, prepared for the UN "Stockholm Memorandum", which aims to save humanity.The document states that "the planet has entered a new geological era - the Anthropocene, because human activity is now a major factor of global change, that may have a dramatic and irreversible consequences for humanity and ecosystems. Therefore, researchers recommend a number of urgent and far-reaching action to preserve the Earth for future generations ".