<p>Oh, my goodness, Canuckguy, your quote reminds me of my Dad’s wake. The head of a prestigious NYC law firm (Rhodes scholar), a senior partner in a prestigious NYC consulting firm (yeah, them), and a highly placed European investment banker were listening to me with an air of incredulity as I tried to explain a key concept about gravity - that in the absence of air resistance, objects fall at the same speed. The conversation started when they were talking about indoor skiing in Dubai (gee, I wish). It ended with me referring them to the link of the Apollo footage of an astronaut dropping a wrench and a feather on the moon and them hitting at the same time!</p>
<p>Later on in another conversation, I tried explaining about how electric or hydrogen cars didn’t use “clean” energy if the power plants used to obtain the electricity or electrolyze water (to obtain hydrogen) were coal powered. AAAArrrgggghhhhh!!! This stuff MATTERS!!!</p>