In my hunt for things to incorporate in a lecture later today, I came across this great video (Ma and Pa Kettle) on the mathematics divide.
In the end, I won't actually be using it, but hey, I wonder if it also feels about right to those continually addressing the skeptics.
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I'm using that in my thesis defense. Don't try to stop me.
In that case, you can get a downloadable high res version at this link:
http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/swf/maandpakettleaddition…
I love that. Just love it.