My only thought is that discovering a workable definition of "scientific method" is a reach. Philosophers spent a century searching for such a thing, in vain.

On the other hand, providing something that just works would be beneficial enough, even if falling short of the philosophical holy grail, so it's worth pursuing.

I'm a physicist, and physicists have always wondered why math works so well in physics. There's this famous essay by Eugene Wigner:

https://www.dartmouth.edu/~matc/MathDrama/reading/Wigner.htm...