Honesty
"Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don't know how to interpret this present time?" — Jesus
Scientists are experts on the intricate workings of cause and effect, though do not apply their knowledge to themselves. They understand the life and death of stars, yet don't understand their own life and death.
Of what use is it if scientists do discover for themselves, in a form they can digest, that the Universe is infinite? What will it benefit them? Such an understanding is possible this minute, without science - but nobody wants to know.