> So the answer is: live in a society governed by science. Unfortunately none exist

Science is a lagging indicator of reality. It is by definition conservative (in that it requires rigorous, repeatable data before it can label something as true). Because of that, there's usually a pretty substantial gap between human discovery and scientific consensus.

Mindfulness was discovered, as an example, to be beneficial as far back as 500 BCE. It wasn't "proven" with science until 1979.

Sometimes we just need to rely on lived experience to make important decisions, especially regulation. We can't always wait for science.