A cause for concern

There have been industrial and technological revolutions and those for democracy or based on a theory of history.  But no revolution has been brought about by pure scientific knowledge and that has really changed the status quo.  So the findings of Copernicus, Newton and Darwin may have changed the minds of many but have not, just as such, led people to change their world in any radical way.  And although it could be said that Marxism may not have come about without the influence of scientific findings, the influence of Marxist thought itself has now much diminished.

But suppose there could be a scentific discovery that clearly showed that the universe that includes all life on Earth is not as it appears to be? 

Such a discovery could be regarded as a completion of the quantum revolution. For given the discoveries of matter and energy on the smallest scale it can be asked how can matter in any form, including human beings and all other living organisms be and remain composed out of its smallest parts?  Doesn't matter in all its forms exist despite the action of all the forces and if so, how could this be so?  Could these questions only be answered by discovering and describing enough details of an invisible cause acting in addition to the forces?  And could such a cause also act in the universe on the very large scale? 

From the scientific findings of the naturalworld so far it can seem very much as though the world is governed just by the push or pull forces and that the universe has no real purpose from a human point of view. But what if a discovery and description of a further universal cause from its effects showed that a viable cosmos could last indefinitely, and finally revealed the true nature of the mind and consciousness...?