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I watched this a month or two ago, solid video. I think more could have been done to connect this to popular media especially from the 90's about physicists. Gordan Freeman of Half-Life, Eddie Kasalivich (Keanu Reeves) and Dr. Lily Sinclair (Rachel Weisz) from Chain Reaction, and others all portrayed physicists as some kind of superheroes whose work could solve all relevant human problems. I think popular media about physicists was probably a big part of it, and I was just slightly disappointed the video didn't touch on that very much.
While I like this idea, there's a general rejection of the intelligence and knowledge of Academia in America. I'm not sure exposure to it would change minds as much as re-enforce the feeling that they need to bully "nerds" who speak too eloquently for them to understand.