The sociological question that I would like to pose is: how do you go about disseminating science and creating interest for it within a culture where the universe of discourse seems to be pre-occupied with pirates and vampires?
With supernatural power vampires drink blood, quite similar to the Catholic traditions of eating the flesh and drinking the blood of Christ. Through the supernatural power of the church and its priests, Christ body parts are passed out to those who profess to their faith. With the same influence the church satisfies its hunger for power and wealth from the recipients. 10% of your net income may not seem like a blood sucking in exchange for the power that you get from eating and drinking the body parts of Christ, but who can say? Near 25% of the population of the world belongs to that tradition. The Vampire is yet another Christian fixation about death.
Pirates are wet thieves but grounded in history and take what they want with total disregard for laws or compassion for their victims. Quite similar to Wall Street, Insurance Companies, the tax collectors and anyone else that have a license to steal.
From an industry point of view both characters are fictitious, and they won't be getting any slack from the ACLU for a racist cast of actors.
OMG, what an excellent answer to the question crarko asked!!!
Without a doubt, "science" is truly your forte [and sole incentive].
I do hope we can feed more, from your fountain of knowledge.
