Is Philosophy Taking a Backseat to Science?

Science has changed our society by leaps and bounds in the last 20 years. We have came further in the understandings of the human body, and the diseases that once afflicted the populous as a whole, in turn giving people a new lease on life, but the question I pose to you is; what does it really mean to find true happiness?
The meaning of life is something that has been pondered from Socrates to the current day scholars, and philosophers. True happiness to some may be an emotional based feeling, an almost euphoria if you will, while others find happiness with money, and the ability to buy their happiness. With either assumption it is still a feeling of happiness that consumes us at these moments, and this is the principle that philosophers try to get down to an absolute with. 
Science has to have a clear concise proof of whatever subject they are pursuing, while a philosopher will pick up where science leaves off. A philosopher will take the answer, and pick it apart, and question the true validity of the answer, and question if we really can come to the answer in the first place, as something may not be what it seems to begin with. This for some can be a waste of time, people do not understand why we have to question anything; society for the most part feels if we can come to an understanding and have scientific proof, that the topic should be closed for discussion. I personally link philosophy to a grade school motto that I was always taught; “there is no such thing as a stupid question, the only stupid question, is the one that does not get asked.” Philosophy is much like this; it dares to ask the question, it dares to question science and rational fact.
As we gain more success in the areas of science we tend to think that philosophy was a moment written in history, a moment where great men pondered the entire meaning of life and our existence. What many people fail to see though is some little known or thought about facts; as I sit here and write this blog to you, I am trying to write the perfect argument to supplement my question. We do this on a daily basis, whether it is convincing ourselves of the many reasons why we do not need the molten lava brownie for dessert, or something more serious as a debate with a spouse about the well being of our family; the great debate is all about philosophy. Our government has been based on philosophy for as long as most of us can remember. The Senate will sit in debate over a law, or a bill, and have great debates, and hear all sides before casting any sort of approval, or disapproval; once again all rooted in philosophy.
So as I leave you with that thought, realize while you are asking yourself what kind of miracle diet pill science has created this week, you too could be asking yourself, “What consequences will the brownie have on my hips in the end?”