>>280168336
I think its more that people just aren't exposed to science and technology like they used to be. Movies, books, comics, tv, news stations, etc. all gave even the simplest of people exposure to science and technology because no matter where you looked, science and technology was everywhere to consume. People's interests today has been divided into other things like ecelebs and social media sites that its no wonder people don't know about all the advancements we've made. Science and technology has been purged out of everything.

I also wanna say knowing a bit about engineering also helped made a big impacted on sci-if and being more exposed to machinery in factories either working or seeing parents and grandparents working in them or simply just walking around inside them. A lot of factories had some pretty amazing shit back in the day.