Understanding fundamentals of the sciences can help prevent you from becoming the victim of a scam, a hoax, or even, common deceits, but further can help you intuit the behaviors of the natural world and even good investments, it's also vital for practical trades and many white color jobs which are actually valuable for society. Further, Science has historically been the white man's domain, it is our peoples legacy to the world and that anyone dare say it's not worthy of passing down to our progeny is the most foolish thing I've heard on this site so far.