To elaborate a little - I think that science and philosophy (and/or spirituality, depending on how you look at it) are indispensable to one another. Science pushes forward objectively, while the abstract possibilities ahead are calculated by the philosophers - often giving rise to the "eureka" moments our civilization needs.

If a person operates from a bias of what they know, then the 99% of what they don't know is lost and they can almost never be eternally correct. IE: Religion and rationalism merged together to give us the flat earth theory for a long time, until and even after Eratosthenes calculations. It made sense at the time, but it was very flawed thinking - they never considered "what if it's not flat?" - it was just an irrational fear because "it was known!".

The known and the unknown are represented by science and philosophy/spirituality, I think - and are very much old friends who deserve to be reunited again, thus why I put this here and not in s/philosophy!