culture lag

when Americans make a movie with the title "2012" that makes the world of cinema of each country oriented to America one of our country "Indonesia", the question of the film is "why do Americans know better that there will be a major disaster in the world in 2012?" it is because the Americans have advanced thinking and it definitely boosted with advanced tools they use to "predict" disasters in 2012. then why Indonesia is not being American, that's the question?