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>The field you're looking for is called psychology.
Which, like it or not, is a science
>Science doesn't ascribe "meaning" to anything in this sense. That's not its role.
No, it isn't, I agree
>Science doesn't say anything is "meaningless" or "doesn't matter." Those are philosophy questions.
No, science doesn't say that, but some scientists say "God doesn't exist and humanity just appeared one day", and since humans are, generally, rational actors, they draw the obvious conclusion to that, which is "humanity has no greater purpose", which, as I said, is depressing
Perhaps science is just fundamentally flawed, perhaps the assumption that science SHOULDN'T ascribe meaning to anything and just describe things exactly as they are is wrong, and perhaps science needs to change if it wants to survive in the future
Again, I am NOT saying that science is fundamentally wrong about anything, I'm just saying it's missing an important piece of the puzzle
Religion tells us we matter, science tells us we probably don't (it does, don't argue), and that is why religion is far more popular than science
All I am saying is this: science and philosophy are currently in a bubble separated from each other, and maybe they should complement and learn from each other more