The Breakthrough Prize, whose co-founders include Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, and Yuri Milner, is kind of like the "Oscars of science" in that they're glitzy, televised, and crawling with Hollywood celebrities. The most recent prize ceremony, for instance, featured appearances by Mr Beast, Goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow, and Katy Perry, among numerous others, none of whom do much to immediately bring my mind to, y'know, thoughts of science.
That also holds true for Seth Rogen, who took the stage with Edward Norton to present the special prize in fundamental physics to Dutch theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner Gerard 't Hooft. But apparently Rogen's a little more up to speed about what's going on out there than I gave him credit for, because as reported by The Hollywood Reporter, he used the opportunity to draw attention to the Trump administration's ruthless dismantling of scientific endeavors, with the support of ultra-wealthy benefactors.
