the age of disillusion

evidently it's a feeling widely extended beyond myself:


yet, somehow i'm not less confused just because others feel that way too. on the contrary, this common disillusion scares me even more.
when you're young and you're fascinated by science it's because you think it's this pure, neat thing:
principles --> methods --> results.
no compromises. nothing.
then you start practicing it, and you find out it's not neat at all. moreover, you realise the biggest compromise of all is just the one you accepted when you embraced science, thus withdrawing from the rest of society. society is not neat, it's not pure. and that's exactly the reason of its appeal. humans are not perfect, and that's why they're so freaking interesting.
so you find out that science breaks down and loses its charm right where everything else gains it. and when you realise it, you start thinking. and wondering...
neat is boring. true.
but at least it lets you sleep at night.