MMM, I appreciate that you feel the need to illuminate the limits, shortcomings and potential misuses of the scientific method. While I do think science is our salvation, it is nice to get a reality check when all the buzz is about how Elon Musk is going to science us to world peace and eternal bliss.

With that said, beyond being "proceed with caution" warning, what more does this add to the topic at hand? Do we have all the inputs to get the most out of the scientific method when trying to better understand morality? No, but the scientific method does not require data set omniscience to kick out useful and even actionable results. Correct me if I'm misreading you, but it seems like you believe, due to its limitations, the scientific method should not be applied here. Conversely, I'd argue that it absolutely should be applied here, but with respect to the inherent limits to its predictive power.

If you want to call it a soft science, fine, but-- I mean, look, even if these creation memes, as they've come down to us, have evolved to be the best moral framework, as I see it, the only way we'll know is by observing, hypothesizing, making predictions, collecting data, forming theories, rinsing and repeating. What alternative is there?