There are different views on the relationship between science and philosophy. One view is the position that whatever else philosophy does, it does it on the outskirts, in a territory that is either uninteresting or will be overtaken by science in due course — that is, either by some existing science or some science yet unknown. Philosophy lingers but contributes nothing truly useful and will (in all probability) expire as science expands. This would be the posture taken by certain (but certainly not all) science popularizers who make disparaging remarks about philosophy, including the late Stephen Hawking.