Sci-(Fi)-Ence is Good?

     Movie directors in the current state of entertainment offer a genre that is quite popular: sci-fi, or science fiction. These science fiction movies range from the typical post-disaster world like in John Krasinski's new movie A Quiet Place (which is really good by the way, I'd highly recommend this movie to anyone), to the classic sci-fi movies like The Matrix, E.T, Inception, and many more.
     Much as Marie Curie did, she became famous for her discovery of radium. However, "she died a famous women denying her wounds came from the same source as her power." By mentioning this, Chet Raymo implies that the science field, when in the quest for knowledge, is "hemmed with peril." These science movies that are produced and rendered powerful by the millions of people who watch these movies portray a different image. Mad scientists, crazy possibilities, time travel, and so much more. Producers show the hero aspect of these scientists. In his movie, John Krasinski plays a character who researches a hearing aid that would help his daughter, while supporting his entire family in a world in which they cannot speak. While I do not wish to spoil this movie, science plays a crucial part of this movie, and provides yet another example of science ending the peril that arises rather than causing the peril. Movie producers can change the perception of sciences to their audience at their will. 

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