The cause of the unfortunate position of science is overconfidence

The unfortunate position of science is that  it tries  to know  truths which  are beyond is scope.   Though  it  has   no   qualification  for   spiritual  matters,  it  tries   recklessly to understand, and  ends  up  with  worthless conclusions and  a depraved mentality.

Chaitanya Shikshamrita, Bhaktivinoda Thakura