I was hoping for a snappy new term for a "want-a-be" theory; an antidote for the anecdotal.

An incipient theory could stumble into something that would validate it as a legitimate theory, but [until then] some special term should exist to minimize the confussion or expectations.

That's kinda snappy! But a little restrictive to the corn field, of which I'm often fond.

Here is one suggestion for an incipient theory.... Thark. It is a theory that is just bark, thus no bite. "The multiverse thark", hmmm, maybe not.

"The Mulitiverse Theific". Theific -- if it were a theory, we'd call it theory. IOW, too ify to qualify as a theory for now.

"The Multiverse Theison". Theison -- You can go ahead and do a thesis on it, just don't call it a theory.

My usual fee for this effort applies, of course.

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Lighten up! This is a stellar board! Author: duh.

"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do..." Author: Galileo supposedly.