Most people are impressed with science and what scientists discover.
What a scientist says is usually taken as facts and we generally live our lives around such findings and enlightenment.
So wonder why scientists are often portrayed as being "mad" scientists in the entertainment industry, shown as being evil weirdos rather than shown in good light?
You know, the crazy guy in a dungeon experimenting with chemicals.
A nutcase on an island creating monsters.
The crackpot inventing weapons of destruction.
A lunatic in an observatory trying to communicate with aliens.
The maniac in an hideaway building battling robots.
Etc etc.
Kids are brought up seeing these versions of mad scientists in cartoons - usually a villain in a white overall in his secret laboratory up to no good.
In real life, governments and agencies pay such scientists to do much of the nasty stuff, and if they don't comply, the scientists "disappear".
Because of these versions, it could be argued that the way scientists are presented in the entertainment industry is more accurate than the influential characters we are schooled about.
GG
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