ANy sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic
don't ask me who said that i've forgotten.
You can't expect the layman to understand these things, thats why they're called laymen. Although i do agree to a certain degree, i tink we're going to see a kind of intelietual class structure form over the next 50 years, as intelictual property becomes more valuable it will be the haves nad the have nots, those that understands the tech that surrounds their daily life and those that do not. Revenge of the geeks
THere is simply so much tech, so much science, so many theories, formulas, theories, concpets etc that to expect most peopple, even collage studnets so understand 1/10th of them is crazy, to do somethign liek quantum physics you'd already need a very stonrg background in physics which is 2 years alone, chemisry would be useful, thats 2 subjects covering 2 years just for all the basics of atomic interaction. We all specialise, thats why some people work out hte marterials to make
100G HDs and others write
desert dry semi-objective magaznies about it . Which have annoying popups asking me to give them money.