Lots of people have been sending me their personal theories of the universe lately! Those messages all go immediately into the Unsolicited Theories folder. I do not read the Unsolicited Theories folder. http://www.astrokatie.com/faq#theory 

I mean look I barely manage to read the EXTREMELY URGENT VITAL INFORMATION e-mail folder; that cool idea you had about black holes at 3am that one time is never gonna make it to the top of the list

Here’s a thoughtful essay by @JamesGleick on this phenomenon, from 30 years ago. https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/04/books/uh-oh-here-comes-the-mailman.html

“Why? Maybe because real science is hard. It is imperfect. People find it easier to absorb weird ideas from science than to understand the process that leads to the ideas.”