The thought occurred to me that science will eventually devolve into mere technology, possibly with fringe philosophical affiliations.
It will feel at home there where only matter can be experimented with, not spirit.
Spirit is exclusively represented by the mystical experience of Reality, MER, which is probably not even exclusive to humans, and anyway only accessible by experience not experiment.
Probably this is not a new revelation, though it’s not yet as mainstream as it will become.
Mystical Experiences of Reality 