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: "Such a theory, if disproved, would see a significant drop in acceptance and momentum in the pop science regime. " is true, false, or inconclusive?