The scientific method has limitations. It can only answer objective questions based on quantitative facts from observable, measurable, and repeatable experiment

Question

The scientific method has limitations. It can only answer objective questions based on quantitative facts from observable, measurable, and repeatable experiments. It cannot answer subjective questions based on qualitative beliefs or opinions such as the presence of deities and ghosts or who makes the best doughnut. Could the scientific method theoretically be used to answer the question, "Does throwing a virgin into a volcano prevent it from erupting?" Support your answer.

Answer 1

This is one of the most important items you might learn in a Biology, or a Chemistry, or a Physics, or any other, science course.
See Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method









Note: Observation may be qualitative (e.g., :This is hot vs. this is warm).
Testing requires repletion.
There is a major difference between correlation and cause-and-effect. Statistics, if they are used correctly, help to discern this difference.
So, if (very theoretically), after throwing many virgins into a volcano, it suddenly erupts, we must explain why our hypothesis failed. Otherwise, we might continue to practice the same thing, hoping for the same result (note: now, you would have lots of fun in a Psychology course).
After lots of data is collected and your hypotheses are validated, you will enjoy creating simulations using computers, to conserve resources. Consider, for example, how crash dummies have been used to make vehicles safer).
Again, very theoretically –
If you can predict that a rumbling volcano always erupts (another hypothesis), and that throwing a virgin into it keeps it from erupting in every case that you have observed, then you may proceed to act on the validity of that hypothesis (but, PLZ keep challenging it and testing it before calling it a “fact,” not A “theory,” or putting it into many textbooks). [NOTE: Now, you have an idea of why there is a serious debate over the content of Biology textbooks.]
Imagine a kid on an apple farm who has always eaten ripe, red apples. One day, his dad brings home a bushel of ripe, green apples. The kid says, “I won’t eat them; they’re not ripe.” What would you say to him?
Now, imagine that the dad said, “The stork is going to bring you a baby brother or baby sister.” How would you, scientifically, prove or disprove that statement?

Answer 2

The proposal requires the repeatability of the experiment; are there sufficient virgins extant to do this? (And does this violate any human rights?)