Wish you can view this world from the eyes of a poor hajam in Swat whose shop just got bombed by Kalima people.
What you just say is typical response. No wonder when Kalima-people become stronger in a country, the progress, development, and quality of life goes out of the window.
What do you mean by kalima people? If there is such a thing, then I would definitely like to consider myself as a kalima person. Besides, the example you gave doesn't prove anything. I could equally find you many examples of "educated" people having less than exemplary behavior as well.
Can you name even ONE instance mentioned in the Quran where Allah destroyed/punished a nation for not keeping up with scientific or philosophical pursuits of their time? Can you name even ONE Prophet who came and taught his people about science and philosophical pursuits? I certainly can't think of any such case.
If you look at the example of Qaum-e-Thamud, they were very advanced for their time in terms of technology. This did not stop them from being destroyed. Even in the time of Nooh (A.S.), the people who were destroyed were mostly the upper class people. The people who sided with Nooh (A.S.) were mostly poor and lower class.
The Romans at the time of the Prophet (S.A.W.) were advanced in terms of worldly knowledge etc. but the Muslims were not ordered to unite with them on the basis of this advanced worldly knowledge or their philosophical pursuits.
The criteria for Allah to punish someone has never been how advanced they were in science or philosophy. The ones whom He punished were the ones who disobeyed Him regardless of how advanced they were for their time.
Don't get me wrong though. I'm not saying that we should not educate ourselves. Of course these different types of worldly knowledge can be useful assets. However, coming together on the basis of kalima is far greater than anything else. Putting too much emphasis on education is also harmful.
Having education and having deen in ones life are two independent things. One can have both, but there isn't any correlation between them. If deen required scientific/philosophical pursuits, then people who aren't any of these would fields would be necessarily lacking in their deen, which is certainly not the case at all. People excelling in these fields would also excel in deen, which is also not the case.
In the end, if a person has deen but no knowledge of modern science or philosophy, then he will be successful. If on the other hand he has all the knowledge of science and philosophy but no deen, then this will not be of any avail in the akhirah.