I think it was Neils Bohr who said, "Anyone who is not disturbed by quantum physics has not understood it."?

I think if you substitute "general relativity" for cosmology in your statement you have the right idea. Cosmology is not a set of laws of physics, it is a history. It depends on general relativity and also on quantum mechanics.

In the first few seconds of the universe, quantum effects were very significant. You can study cosmology by looking out into space, but it also proceeds by deriving an all-encompassing theory to predict what would happen in conditions we can't observe.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.