A big risk from learning physics is physics envy, in which the techniques and methodologies that effective to do good physical science, and the notions of elegance and simplicity from physics, are tacitly assumed to be good in domains in which they are not good.

Psychology being the paradigmatic example. Minsky being the main broadcaster of the problem of physics envy.

Statistical large N psychology is bound not to solve intelligence. Assuming homeomorphism and monotonicity is bound to let go of much of what matters in psychology. For all that, and the things in my other comment, we should save people from physics.

And I didn't even begin to mention the main classic argument that the money went to physics because of the atom bomb and space wars, which are not justifiable expenditures anymore. EDIT: Actuallt, the space wars costs that are related with colonizing other planets are THE most justified thing we are aware of, in X-risk terms. Everything except that is not justified. Effective Space Colonization should be the new Effective Altruism,and may Elon Musk be with us.

More money into psychology, more people into personal psychology, more interaction between neuro, psycho and AI theorists. That is my prognosis to solve the part that I can understand of the current scientific crisis.