Mensa, what?

So here's my day..... I went to a local restaurant to have some lunch and, possibly, a mimosa or two, and brought my trusty computer. To spare the details, I found myself embroiled in a conversation about science, NDT, Dawkins, etc with a member of the more socially inept, but intelligent, nerd crowd. Of course, you know this is not an insult. Anyway, during the course of this conversation, we both came to the conclusion that making science and technology more accessible to those who consider themselves less inclined to science would be the best way to direct society. Today, reading the current news stories, I would be inclined to agree. Would Paul Ryan be trying to pull any of his bullshit if we all had even a working knowledge of science and medicine? Would the Higgs boson news be at least interesting, if not argument worthy, if the general populace just had a bit of a clue how that works? The thing is, knowledge of none of this is confined to those with 160+ IQs. We've conditioned ourselves to thing that only geeks, nerds, dweebs, what-the-fuck-ever, are the only ones who understand this stuff but that isn't true. We ALL have the capacity to have a working knowledge of this. Why do we think otherwise? Why are there groups of people who feel it is their sole purpose to make us feel that we're incapable of understanding the "science stuff"? So I beg you, to make this a better, more brilliant society that doesn't let politicians get away with shit, just learn a little. It won't take long. Start with the science-y stuff that's making the news. Learn a little. It isn't hard, really. But learn a little. And then, together, we can make sure that NO ONE gets away with telling us how the world works contrary to what we instinctively know to be true.