set up a website and invited people to contribute answers to a question every science teacher (and scientist) must confront: what's the point? They could say the scientific method is a tool for developing cool new technologies, but what use is a new iPhone to someone starving? And what of the misuse of science to develop weapons of mass destruction? They could say scientists develop new medicines, and warn of threats to our species. But what use is that knowledge if politicians and the public don't understand, or don't want to understand? Finally they could say science helps to fulfill our potential as human beings and know our place in the universe. In this film, Shaha presents some of the answers he received to his question