1. Few other topics (specifically, art, literature, dance) really contribute to the sum of humanity as well as science does. When we're young, we want to be fi

1. Few other topics (specifically, art, literature, dance) really contribute to the sum of humanity as well as science does. When we're young, we want to be firemen, ballerinas and astronauts. Only later do we get talked into fields with higher personal ROI. 2. Really, indifferent? I spent quite a few years at protests and rallys with quite a few other students the last few years. Hardly indifferent.