Take the following as truth: As geologist Nathan Winslow puts it in a gently skeptical review on self-organized criticality, A theory can, once in the pop science regime, acquire a level of acceptance and momentum that may or may not be warranted by its actual scientific credibility.
Then the following statement: "The level of acceptance and momentum a theory acquires is entirely dependent on its actual scientific credibility. " is true, false, or inconclusive?