Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.
I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific.
As I got older, I never considered that tons of people were watching me on television every week. I give a nod to my parents for keeping me as normal as I could be in an un-normal adult world.