answer:Einstein himself said, “Make things as simple as possible, but not simpler.” Science writer John Horgan made quite a stir in 1997 with The End of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age (which I read just a few months ago), questioning whether various areas of science might be reduced, far in the future, to a few simple ultimate theories of everything from cosmos to consciousness. Which reminds me of another quote: ”All science is either physics or stamp collecting.”—Ernest Rutherford, 100 years ago. The opposing view, of course, is that nature is endlessly nested in levels or scales of detail, like Russian dolls, meaning new discoveries about the world can go on forever as technology marches forward. When scientists like Einstein or Hawking refer to “God,” it is usually in a secular sense equivalent to such euphemisms as “Mother Nature” or “Father Time.” This constitutes, at most, deism and not, as I understand terms, theism involving a personal god who interferes directly in human affairs. At any rate, we’re nowhere close to understanding quantum mechanics, cosmology, molecular biology, or resolving many other Big Questions. I would predict, however, that sooner or later religion will become as obsolete as stone tools.