Nice, but I would have started in with explaining the electromagnetic spectrum, what photons are, what frequency is, where the visible light spectrum starts, ho

Nice, but I would have started in with explaining the electromagnetic spectrum, what photons are, what frequency is, where the visible light spectrum starts, how it's bounded by infrared at the bottom and uv above it, what "ionizing" radiation is, where on the frequency band it starts, what else starts around that band (photosynthesis) as a result of photon quanta finally being able to alter electron valences being at specific quanta, why etc, how ionizing radiation damages molecules, radiosynthesis and melanin-containing-fungi that grow on reactor walls, etc. basically, reassuring those prone towards conspiracy cult beliefs due to insufficient science education and a general bent towards such theories will tend to backfire. just saying "it's ok" won't work. break it down and immunize them to future silly beliefs due to understanding the electromagnetic spectrum, etc. once they understand that everything below visible light just makes molecules wiggle, spin, hop, MOVE around, and doesn't structurally alter them then when some random youtuber says "absorbtion band oxygen water bla bla" you can understand that it's a low-efficiency microwave oven at best, lol the other thing is: a tendency for those without a basic science education to presume that all of humanity is equally ignorant of this stuff. one can show them photos of how we learned this stuff the hard way, ranging from Mdm Curie to the hapless armed services assistants to various Manhattan project tests etc. not to mention the denizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, etc. We learned about the high absorption band around 60ghz back in submarine communications 101 as that range won't work for long range comm...