"I think the easy way to look at this is that a certain segment of society will always want to believe in something beyond the observable world" So nearly ever

"I think the easy way to look at this is that a certain segment of society will always want to believe in something beyond the observable world" So nearly every scientist that is known for introducing a paradigm shift in history? Most often these scientists or inventors do not have something in the observable world, they rely on their imagination and spark of intuition to craft their way towards a representation in the observable world.