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Casiopea 
Well, it's not ... a theory. Sapir–Whorf hypothesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 
Today researchers disagree — often intensely — about how strongly language influences thought.
Yes, and what is your definition of theory, or rather difference between a theory and a hypothesis?
"theory is not necessarily based on
facts; True descriptions of reality are more reflectively
understood as statements which would be true independently of what people think about them. In this usage, the word is synonymous with
hypothesis."
Also, the Worf hypothesis is quite new - 2005 - and I am not surprised that, as you said, it received a strong reaction. But so did the other theories while in their childhood. Copernicus was sentenced to death for revealing his hypothesis that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the universe. What I mean is that all theories are hypotheses which come up with smth new, revolutionizing, and debunk previous "truths." B. Worf hypothesis is also referred to as a theory.
Theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
and may I ask what is your point with your last sentence?