Right. I thought you had misread my sentence, sorry. I phrased it this way because I felt saying that it is 'consistent' might give the impression that I see i

Right. I thought you had misread my sentence, sorry. I phrased it this way because I felt saying that it is 'consistent' might give the impression that I see it as some kind of proof of my theory, while 'not inconsistent' suggests it is simply not disproved by the known data (which may not be totally reliable either).