Simone Giertz started her career on YouTube building what she called “shitty robots”—deliberately flawed contraptions that made people laugh. It’s like, “Yeah, I’m soft, and I will take impact, and I’ll get beaten up, but I won’t shatter. Where I’m like ...Gometz: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do things feel hopeful on your end of the table? I’m just so grateful for the work that people in science do and for the people in science communication.