Yeah, science isn’t about being useful and relevant in day to day
life. It’s an important part of human culture and scientist should at
least try to communicate their findings to general public (which is
paying for it!).
I partially agree with the first comment that it isn’t really helpful
to popularize highly speculative – and thus probably false – ideas.
But well established but still “weird” discoveries like GR & QM are
interesting on their own and have huge implications on our
understanding of nature. You don’t need a science degree to be
fascinated by black holes, the big bang and quantum weirdness.
I partially agree with the first comment that it isn’t really helpful to popularize highly speculative – and thus probably false – ideas. But well established but still “weird” discoveries like GR & QM are interesting on their own and have huge implications on our understanding of nature. You don’t need a science degree to be fascinated by black holes, the big bang and quantum weirdness.