Judgment day or lack of judgment?

Per Reuters, nearly 15 percent of people worldwide -- or roughly 1 billion souls -- believe the world will end during their lifetime and 10 percent think the Mayan calendar could signify it will happen in 2012, according to a new poll. The poll, by the way, was conducted by Ipsos Global Public Affairs for Reuters. Which naturally begs the question: Really, Reuters? You actually squandered money on this? But I digress. Anyway, the manufactured poll discovered that people with lower education "were more likely to believe in an apocalypse during their lifetime or in 2012, or have anxiety over the prospect." Gee, what a shocking surprise.