Science is interesting to those who are trained in it for the most part. The discovery by itself is fascinating and does not need to be all gussied up to make it appear more so. But most science involves a hella lot of math, so that counts a lot of people out, and a whole other part of it tramples - and none too gently either - on the most time-honored beliefs. So people even when they see it try very hard not to understand it. I think a lot on the pictures from Hubble and Chandra, in the last decade those two instruments have produced some of the most mind-blowing discoveries, beauty almost beyond our comprehension. It's a shame that your quote buddy Carl was not around to find out that the universe, and the number of stars and galaxies were far, far, far beyond what he ever thought or taught. That it was even more infinite then previously imagined or calculated. We've been able to peer back in time, and it's not comforting to those who 'believe' in Genesis that the universe looks to be about 13 to 15 billion years old. (after all, what's a couple of billion years between academics?)
But that stuff from Hubble and Chandra is not even taught in the schools because of the damage it does to time honored beliefs.
