Now all Professor Gupta has to do is show these forces actually do weaken over time. Occam's Razor is what leads us to believe fundamental constants remain, well, constant. That's what led us into thinking Dark Energy and Dark Matter exist in the first place.

Of course they don't, any layman could spot: that's a fancy way of saying "we don't know" matter.

How much money has been doled out on these high IQ sophists pontificating their navels, with nothing to show for it?

Einstein was an absolute bargain, did it all on his own dime.