It is worse that this.

Popular claims are unassailable.

The Theory of Relativity…
the speed of light changes over time - "irrelevant"
Here is a benchtop experiment that creates a force that travels faster than light - "irrelevant!"
Here is an explanation of Mercury's orbit, that is 99.9999% accurate instead of 96% of relatitivity - "that doesn't prove anything"
Vera Rubins shows that galaxies spin as if all the stars are glued to a plate - "there must be something we can't see that creates more gravity"

We have people coming up with "dark matter", something that can't be seen, or measured, but it has an effect.

(and just before, the ridicule the idea of God, something that can't be seen, or measured, but it has an effect…)