This statement is, to me, demonstrative of a lack of understanding of the source material and an unwillingness to engage with &#x27;new&#x27; ideas purely out of bias.<p>The scientific method is a way of approaching reality that has lead to extremely useful discoveries--but, in my opinion, the hard problem of consciousness cannot be solved via the scientific method because consciousness, the experience of qualia, is not externally observable.<p>Nagarjuna and Candrakirti were both experts in the observation of qualia, and their philosophies stem from that expertise. It&#x27;s possible to even call their philosophical method &#x27;scientific&#x27; if that is the materialist&#x27;s sole judgement of the value of an idea.