Well, it’s evidence that a) must be verified on a mathematical and empirical level, and b) (arguably) fits better with a currently unpopular theory than the dom

Well, it’s evidence that a) must be verified on a mathematical and empirical level, and b) (arguably) fits better with a currently unpopular theory than the dominant one. There’s so many unknowns in physics that opponents can easily reply “well your theory doesn’t explain XYZ yet, so we likely just need to tweak our theory”. In other words, reasonable minds do disagree. AFAIU as an amateur.