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The future is no mystery \u2026 according to psychics who say they have special access to tomorrow\u2019s events. For example, adherents to the Mayan doomsday prophecy warn that when 2012 ends, so will the world.\nDiscover what\u2019s behind claims of prognostication, and why \u2013 if it really works \u2013 no one is making a killing in Las Vegas.\nAlso, could science divine the future? Programmers with the Living Earth Simulator say that with sufficient data, their billion-dollar computer project can predict world events.\nIt\u2019s Skeptic Check\u2026 but don\u2019t take our word for it!\nGuests:\n\n\nPhil Plait - Skeptic and keeper of Discover Magazine\u2019s blog, badastronomy.com\n\n\n\nChristopher French - Psychologist, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London\n\n\nGuy Harrison - Writer and business owner, author of 50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True\n\n\n\nAlessandro Vespignani - Physicist, Northeastern University\n\n\nKen Caldeira - Climate scientist in the Carnegie Institution Department of Global Ecology, Stanford University\n\n\nSue Wilhite - Master Tarot card reader at East\n\nWest Bookstore in Mountain View, California\n\nDescripci\xf3n en espa\xf1ol\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices