Alrighty then Space Fans, this is the first of my 2012 videos.

Yes, I'm reading from a script, and I sound a little wooden, but I promise to work on that!

Most of the fear and confusion surrounding this issue stems primarily from a lack of understanding and information.

I'm going to take the approach and operate under the assumption that given the correct information, people will be a lot more calm about the end of the world.

ADDED 8/10/09:

Many have asked where I got the stats I mention in the vids, the numbers varied a little, but here is a representative sample:

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1276/science-survey

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1996/05/24/MN67867.DTL

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312115133.htm