From a historical viewpoint, religion is just a kind of superstition, and from a political viewpoint it is a tool of social control.

It occurred to me that I had the duty to give society something in exchange for the free education I was getting.

To me, work is not a burden but my main hobby. This is why I always take work with me when I go on holidays. Moreover, that's when new projects occur to me: while contemplating beautiful landscapes or seascapes.

There is a continuum between science and philosophy. As Fichte said (but did not practice), philosophy should be the science of sciences.

From a historical viewpoint, religion is just a kind of superstition, and from a political viewpoint it is a tool of social control.

Some of the big philosophical problems have been solved by science, at least to a 1st approximation. Examples: the problems of matter, and mind. Only philosophical reactionaries, like Noam Chomsky, claim that they are and will remain mysteries.

In the scientific community you find competent teachers and original researchers, just as in the musical community you find many good performers but very few good composers.