The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with he magnificence of the Cosmos. We keep at it, and through constant repetition many of them finally get it. Indeed, this of the central meaning of faith. Science asks us to take nothing on faith, to be wary of our penchant for sef-deception, to reject anecdotal evidence. Science considers deep skepticism a prime feature.
Religion often sees it as a barrier to enlightenment.