Additional advice

Do not try to have a PhD to look over your work. There minds are too old to be flexible and their thinking too entrenched in the standard model. They also will resist any change to their belief system, no differently than a person being coerced to believe in another religion. They will assume you are wrong, stupid, ignorant, or treat you in a condescending manner. In the long run, they will just ignore you. (Believe me, I know).

Look for the Advanced Undergrad and Graduate students. Their minds are sharp and they are they still in a learning mode. They are also skeptical, which will only help in working out the details and improve the communication your ideas.

Look for fellow skeptics, even if they have a Ph.D. They are even better than Grad students since they also know the struggle you are going through.

Snowflake