I’m not concerned with whether you believe it or not. My experience has been that people who don’t believe that statement aren’t particularly open to persuasion about it. But even so, you should be able to appreciate that the new discovery doesn’t contradict the theory in any meaningful way.
My experience has been that people who believe the statement you made aren’t open to persuation about it’s lack of merit. They have an almost fanatical faith about it. And alas, it’s not a valid scientific theory if it’s not falsifiable.