The problem of a gap between science and humanities has been known for some time (see C. P. Snow or the weekly essay in "Nature"). Much has been done to overcome it - with limited success, perhaps because most of it was symptom therapy, superficial public relations.
Interdisciplinary activism which usually ends at the lowest common level certainly is not the solution.
Also, it makes no sense, for instance, to try to improve the image of the sciences by sacrificing curiosity driven fundamental research in favor of some trendy research topics that everybody seems to understand. This is very popular among politicians.

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