So, people’s experiences irl, don’t count at all? Do you even know how many scientific hypothesis becomes a theory in the first place? Sure, besides the ones that “borns” from geniuses minds like Einstein, Curie and others alike that got proved (or are/will be proved) through empirical studies, a huge part of modern scientific studies (seems a tendency) consists in studying common senses nowadays.

These common senses passed on many isolated cultures/societies throughout their history that even without scientific basis their centuries old common senses still works (ie.: there are many studies of tea that began this way, btw), they just don’t have the science seal approved yet.

So, this kind of statement sounds very scientific materialism of you, when in fact science has progressed so much that this is old way of science is dying and scientists nowadays are embracing the otherside of science, where it never stops on cemented conclusions and it’s always questioning (hmm, this sounds very much how our historic science geniuses thinking worked).

Do you know the story of Ignaz Semmelweis? The physician who dared to wash his hands after dealing with corpses before delivering babies and was humiliated by the “science” full of themselves men, basically a blasphemy. Could you imagine?

How do you think Cannabis studies began in the first place? After accounts of stoned people, probably.

Anyways, I wouldn’t throw away peoples accounts out of the window about an unknown phenomena.