The primary problem is not to provide the public with the knowledge of how far it is to the nearest star and what genes are made of. . Rather, the problem is to get them to reject irrational and supernatural explanations of the world, the demons that exist only in their imaginations, and to accept a social and intellectual apparatus, Science, as the only begetter of truth.
There is abundant testimony that if we choose love rather than self, we gain immeasurably.