> I would think that an incorrect map would lead to incorrect actions. Certainly we've seen lots of both cruelty and ineffective action in the past related to religion/superstition. Curious to hear others' thoughts on this as I may be missing different points of view.

I certainly agree this has potential for major problems, _AND_ I've really enjoyed Thomas Campbells My Big TOE series which (along with many other very interesting people I've connected with and who have shared their personal experience stories with me) has caused me to step back and bit and think many of the things previously discredited as woo, science fiction, or other "psi effects" might be worth a second look. Just as you said, the incorrect map leads to incorrect actions. Most of us operate under a "little theory of everything" meaning we have no map or framework for what might be beyond what Thomas calls NPMR (non physical matter reality). If such a map could be determined with a limited set of axioms using logic and reason (and it has predictive power for how to navigate our lives), that's quite interesting to me and truly scientific to explore instead of just throwing out unexplored things.