But even now, the influence of the "Great Sages" was not what it used to be.
After living in a long-term, comfortable, and entertainment-driven environment, the mindset of the Nix people had changed dramatically. Their reverence for the master scientists gradually faded away. Major media outlets preferred reporting sensational gossip and celebrity news because attracting eyeballs was the key to making money. Serious topics were considered too exhausting to read, and few people enjoyed them. If no one paid attention, those intellectual topics were slowly phased out of the public eye.
Furthermore, ever since the end of the century-long golden age sparked by the Oppenheimer era, the scientific community rarely produced any major discoveries or inspiring breakthroughs.
