What's that old line? Science is that thing that even when you stop believing in it, is still there. Neil deGrasse Tyson said a variation of it not too long ago.

The ignorance of our current leaders will be very difficult to overcome and to recover from though.

@RichCC That's why we should be more skeptical of what we choose to lead us. Pretty sure I'm preaching to the choir here. To me the wrong people are attracted politics. They're all power-mad failures who couldn't get a real job. Being a genuine leader should be the crappiest job imaginable it that leader is willing to assume the responsibility for his failures and keep the promises made during the campaign.
As for science, I am confident we might be slowed but our progress is inevitable.

And me.
I tell people that I know humanity won't last forever. But I never expected to live long enough to see even the start of the end. I honestly hope I wasn't wrong.

@RichCC you may live long enough to see the end.