> So, following that line of thinking, what will come next are better predictive capabilities
You can also view science as a rejection of the ability to be able to predict (arbitrary) things. Any illusion otherwise is simply seemingly reliable knowledge of the past and present. The rise of eg disinformation and misinformation, siloed communication, the replication crisis could presage a future where confidence is generally lower than the past, and predictive power is more limited.
I caution heavily against the idea that what you perceive as "progress" is inevitable or will follow past trends
Reality is complicated. The future may be unknowable from a strict point of view. But educated guesses are better than just random. Not for lotto numbers, but to take better decisions. Deciding that everything is potentially false, biased, or unreliable and so doing whatever your guts (that are also biased) tell you may have a worse outcome.
You can also view science as a rejection of the ability to be able to predict (arbitrary) things. Any illusion otherwise is simply seemingly reliable knowledge of the past and present. The rise of eg disinformation and misinformation, siloed communication, the replication crisis could presage a future where confidence is generally lower than the past, and predictive power is more limited.
I caution heavily against the idea that what you perceive as "progress" is inevitable or will follow past trends