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Because it cannot technically be proven. Same reason why is the cell theory, germ theory, etc.
I've always said to my less than scientific savvy friends that try and conflate scientific theory with casual talk theorys( I have a theory the saints will go undefeated) that we can do an experiment. I will hand them the live end of some highly charged electrical wire and we can see how confident they are that the "theory of electromagnetism" is akin to that of an unverifiable hypothesis. I tell him to be safe I'll let him grab the high voltage wire ten times to see if it won't shock him on a couple of the attempts. At which point, if it doesn't shock him on all attempts, I'd be willing to concede his point.
For some reason they never take me up on my challenge and tend to drop that argument.