Currently we are in a phase of rapid scientific progress, but there is no law that this will continue forever. One day we'll hit diminishing returns and instead

Currently we are in a phase of rapid scientific progress, but there is no law that this will continue forever. One day we'll hit diminishing returns and instead of discovering new things, science will be about applying the knowledge discovered in the past correctly, as well as not losing it. Thankfully we are still far away from this.