Axiomatically this is a difficult proposition, but Hossenfelder is fully aware of that when she says a new theory needs to encompass all the existing phenomena plus the new ones which could not be explained by the old theory. Alternatively, if both avenues fail, the new tested hypothesis should be capable of tearing down the prevalent theory, i.e., replace it on the basis of the new uncontested evidence. In theoretical physics, physicists should only develop axioms that may either be falsified or prove to snugly fit into the prevalent and empirically tested theory.
above all mathematically slim and elegant) theories unless they can show these theories to be falsifiable. Hossenfelder's basic contention states theoretical physicists should never primarily aim at developing "beautiful" (i.e.
German particle physicist, former CERN staff member and active blogger Sabine Hossenfelder in June 2018 published a book that attracted considerable critical attention among former colleagues but also within the press: Lost in Math, How Beauty Leads Physics Astray), Hossenfelders Inconsistent Critique of CERN Theory
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