Shlomo, that’s evasive. You and I both know that the way you interpret a rambam almost always has a halachik nafka mina. I will ask you again; if there’s a halachik nafka mina between the “evidence based” academic interpretation of a rambam, and the shulchan aruch’s interpretation of the same rambam, will you overturn a halacha of shulchan aruch (or any other authoritative sefer) because you have strong evidence that his interpretation is incorrect?
Calling something ‘evidence based ” is a buzz word used by many on the left today to substantiate reforms and changes in traditional societal norms. Torah has its own system, and using alien methods is fitting a square peg into a round hole.
Except the hole here is the pischa shel gehinnom