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2012 Anxiety Sparks Off Apocalypse Fears
Reports indicate that the 2012 end of the world prediction made by the ancient Mayans has sparked real fears, with some people displaying "end times" anxiety.
NASA's Ask an Astrobiologist Web site, for example, has received thousands of questions regarding the 2012 doomsday predictions-some of them disturbing, according to David Morrison, a senior scientist with the NASA Astrobiology Institute.
"A lot of the submitters are people who are genuinely frightened," said Morrison, who thinks movie marketers, authors, and others out to make a buck are feeding some of the fears.
"I've had two teenagers who were considering killing themselves, because they didn't want to be around when the world ends," he told National Geographic News.
"Two women in the last two weeks said they were contemplating killing their children and themselves, so they wouldn't have to suffer through the end of the world," he added.
Part of the worry, according to Morrison, is being fanned by a suite of Web sites created by the distributor for '2012', the movie.
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