What a beautiful and well-written article. Philosophy is a very interesting course. I believe someday I'll major in that course.
The world is just so vast and so connected that curiosity at a point in time will fly in. Many have tried to unravel the secrets of the universe and sometimes the universe blesses them with a particular knowledge in a field. I guess the search for knowledge about the universe has always pushed us as human beings and it creates a drive that propels us in scientific advancement and in other fields.