Theories that are worth investigating should be based on past evidence. They should be attempts to explain things we have observed. If they aren't they are wild speculation, and as I said, anti-science.

Donald Knuth would love to have a talk with you about the need for theories as basis for scientific inquiry, not the opposite.

Please see this video: "Science Needs Pseudoscience to Advance": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ-031A4G1Y

[adjusts glasses] Ackshually, the article seems to be more a hypothesis than a theory.

But yes, jokes aside, hypotheses are also needed for science.