This reminds me of a classic "scientific vs magical thinking" comparison investigating "woo" such as Feng shui. They set up an apartment identically for a about

This reminds me of a classic "scientific vs magical thinking" comparison investigating "woo" such as Feng shui. They set up an apartment identically for a about a dozen different Feng shui experts and recorded their recommendations. They all said wildly different things: "You need your bed facing east", "The bed should face away from the door", "The bed should face so that the morning light isn't blocked", etc... Same variability with the couch, dining table, and so on. Literally nothing was consistent. Both the furniture layout and the justifications given were about as variable as it was possible to get. I've internalised that little experiment as my "acid test of scientific maturity". A random example that passes with flying colours is Chemistry: the exact same periodic table is taught in every school in every country. Nobody debates the existence of benzene, or the ability of acids to dissolve metals. There is no "eastern school" competing with the "orthodoxy of the south" or whatever. There is only one chemistry, globally. A lot of other supposedly "highly scientific" fields fail this test. For example, there was a survey of practising theoretical physicists about the foundations of quantum mechanics, and it turned out that they disagreed on everything. Meanwhile they were all individually convinced that there is consensus, and that they're in agreement with it.