Its okay to start out as a quack guys. I know a lot of you are outsiders but have huge passion and big ideas for math or science. I see all the time 'quack shaming' where experts degrade generally the plight of uneducated to pursue their big ideas.

Pursue your big ideas. I've pursued a lot of my ideas that would sound like numerology or quackery or delusion. Sometimes I made a lot of progress, sometimes I found fatal flaws, but they were the best learning experiences. Don't be afraid to investigate your ideas, the time spend disproving them is not a waste if they don't work out; it gives you something I can't describe and fuck the experts coasting on their laurels laughing at any plebeian attempting to innovate.