Disregard is the wrong word, more correct is Understand.

If non empirical = subjective then that is where I inhabit a niche.

An example of the subjective is a sixth sense or even a 7th that many would call snake oil but their study is in its infancy to cruising stage.

Our limited understanding of dark matter has consensus that it was formed in the early universe but to get anyone to go out on a limb and agree that it is mostly the left over stuff from the matter - antimatter annihilation is too radical for most scientists to consider or try to measure.

We are the sum of our abilities as much as we are the sum of our disabilities. Sometimes they enhance each other and other times they cancel out.

In my case I am not saying my weakness' are my strenghs but my freedom from dogma is a strength.