On the topic of the forum, I do wish I knew enough mathematics to be in a position to understand the Mainstream fully - a basic criterion for proposing something Against the Mainstream if I ever wanted to. (I don't.)

Let me mention "The Road to Reality" by Roger Penrose as a work that, whatever its merits or otherwise, has a level of mathematical content that I think is a fairly good guide to what would be required of a serious proposal contesting current theory.