The theory U acts as a kind of Bayesian coating to T, keeping new evidence from getting to it and dissolving it. This is a property most successful crackpot theories have in common; they’re encased in just enough protective stuff that they’re equally consistent with many possible observations, making them hard to dislodge. They’re like the multi-drug-resistant E. coli of the information ecosystem. In a weird way you have to admire them.
