Attacking the big problems

Here's a fun game:

Pick any Wikipedia article. Click the first link. Keep clicking the first link. Eventually you'll end up at Philosophy and forever be in a loop going back to Philosophy.

Turns out conscious thinking and applying logical rigor is the basis for everything we perceive.

You know what I mean, brother. There's a huge scope of difference between applied sciences and natural philosophy. Our technological advancements fail to resolve fundamental questions about the human condition. Scientists rarely study epistemology or philosophy in order to attain our degrees and I think it shows in the public trend toward scientism.