Rumors about the imminent end of the world are almost as old as humanity itself. Most of these prophecies are skeptical, but some impressionable people sincerely fear the demise of civilization. What needs to be done to stop fearing the apocalypse?
Why will there be no end of the world?
Mankind has more than once been foretold an imminent and inevitable demise: natural disasters, solar flares, the landing of aggressively-minded inhabitants of another planet, the third world war - there are many options. The media often artificially draw excessive attention to this topic, using meaningful terms, referring to the prophets, calendars of ancient civilizations, the revelations of modern “contactees” (people who claim to have communicated with aliens). In principle, there is nothing criminal in this, but many take this kind of prophecy too seriously: they build shelters, sell property for nothing, in general, they are afraid of the end of the world.
It is paradoxical that the Maya Indians, who so frightened humanity with their calendar, could not foresee the death of their own civilization.
In order not to panic after the next prediction, you can just look into the story. Humanity, according to various prophets, was supposed to disappear already about five hundred times: just as many doomsday were predicted. Nevertheless, the world has not gone away, there are more and more people on Earth, therefore, obviously, apocalyptic predictions have not come true. Therefore, there is no reason to believe that the following prophecy will be true. Add a little healthy skepticism: virtually no predictor of the end of the world could even have foreseen their own future, let alone human civilization.