Who really knows what the future holds, we might discover a new law or way that could make some of what we understand either wrong or amended. It is not the end all or be all. I mean what we know today, to someone in the future, we might be seen the same as we see people who still believe in the Platonic Universe where the sun, stars, planets and so on go around the Earth and that there are only 4 elements, Earth, Wind, Fire and Water. Perhaps there is more to it than just adding a few extra “D” cells to the Warp Drive and a RAM upgrade to the hyperspace computer, but you never say never and have to keep the mind open to other possibilities.
OK. I give up. Go invent your perpetual motion machine and get rich.
Advancement in the material sciences has continued since prehistoric times, when man first learned to use a stick to dig for grubs, to the present, where we regularly send men and high tech devices into space.
We've climbed a long stair to where we are today, but we're certainly not at the top landing by any means. We can't even see the top landing from our current vantage point. There's much, much more to be discovered about the universe. More than we here today can possibly imagine.