If modernist naturalism were true there would be no objective truth outside of science. In that case right and wrong would be a matter of cultural preference or political power and the power already available to modernists ideologies would be overwhelming.
Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language.
I'm often called an old-fashioned modernist. But the modernists had the absurd idea that architecture could heal the world. That's impossible. And today nobody expects architects to have these grand visions any more.
So while you're an athlete and you have that platform what you want to be able to do is make it work for you as much as possible because there's going to be life after sports.