Scientists talk about end of the earth. Is such a thing true?

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your question? Question, scientists talk about the end of the earth, is such a thing true? Answer, a lot of people talk about the end of the earth. There was the prophecy based on misinterpretation of certain ancient Mayan texts that the earth would end last year at a particular time, 21st December to be precise.
And then later on there are many predictions like that which have turned out to be false. Now when scientists talk about the end of the earth, they are talking about some future scenario based on their current understanding of the possible life history of the universe, possible course the universe may take. These sort of prophecies or predictions are based on huge amounts of guesswork.
Because when we come to study of cosmology, actually the sample of the cosmology that we study, the earth and its vicinity is so small as compared to the totality of the cosmos that knowing accurately anything especially in terms of vast life spans is very very difficult. And this is something scientists themselves have admitted that our samples are very small and extrapolations that we do are very large. So what we know keeps changing.
As John Miller told a student who asked him about various theories about the cosmos, he said there are so many theories, how do I keep up with them? John Miller the physicist who told him that if you miss a bus, a girl or a cosmological theory, don’t worry because in a few minutes a new one is coming. So actually we shouldn’t give too much credence to the ideas of when the earth will end with respect to the prediction of science. Now we should understand that it is not a prediction of science per se.
It is a prediction of certain scientists within the broad body of science. And those scientists, their opinions are often contested by many other scientists who have their own ideas. So the scriptures do describe that actually the pralaya happens at the end of the day of Brahma.
And at that time the lower level planetary systems are destroyed. So the some minor upheavals which of course can be devastating for life on earth can also happen. But as far as the end of the earth is concerned, that is not going to happen till the end of the day of Brahma.
Not the end of the life of Brahma, when the whole universe will end, so earth will obviously end. But before that also at the end of the day of Brahma, which is long, long, long time away, that is not likely to happen till that time. Thank you.