It may not happen in my lifetime, but I agree,. No matter how many times science has been wrong it has always moved us forward, learning from our mistakes as we go. A set back will only be temporary.
"No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride...and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well...maybe chalk it off to forced conscious expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten."
Hunter S. Thompson
Ad astra per aspera
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.