Which of the following was a new idea in the late 16th to early 17th century for scientific revolution

that things would improve during our lifetime

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Although no options were provided in the question, we can say a new idea in the late 16th to early 17th century for the scientific revolution was the work of Galileo Galilei and his proposals about Earth.

The scientific revolution was a period when science and Knowledge overrode the obscure years of religious dogma in the Middle years of Europe. Galileo (1564-1642) was an Italian astronomer who enhanced the use of the telescope, observed the sky and state that the Sun did not orbit around the Earth as the Catholic Church said. To the opposite, it was the Earth that orbited around the Sun. The church accused him of heresy on April 12, 1633.