If they were not <i>detected</i>, that wouldn&#x27;t necessarily say much unless you could demonstrate certainly that they also should have been. In which case, yes. Though, in actuality, the physics of gravitational waves have been indirectly observed previously [0], so it&#x27;s not like it&#x27;s still entirely in the realm of hypothesis.<p>[0]: The Hulse–Taylor binary pulsar: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;PSR_B1913%2B16" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;PSR_B1913%2B16</a>