When making our film, 2012: Science or Superstition, I tried to be very mindful of our goal of setting people’s minds at rest about the likelihood of 2012 being the year predictions of an Apocalypse finally come true. I think we did a good job and the film mentions apocalyptic predictions without endorsing them.

So how did I become a prophet of doom? By agreeing to go on camera for syndicated “news” TV show Inside Edition. I just knew that they were going to take what I said out of context, and they did! I was explaining Larry Joseph’s ideas about massive coronal mass ejections delivering so much radiation to Earth that our satellites are knocked out, electricity grids, crippled, etc. Of course I went out of my way to say that I didn’t think there was much evidence to suggest that Larry’s theories were right, or that there was a good reason to think that December 21, 2012 would be the date on which it happens … but of course that part was edited out!