If I had an extraordinary idea related to a field of expertise that I am not part of, I would humbly request some of the experts to review it, before claiming that I know something that they don't know, if I don't even know if my idea makes sense.

Has this happened? All I know about are derogatory comments about mainstream AGI research, the academia and peer-review in general.

Did you see the coverage in recent versions of "AI: A Modern Approach"? Peter Norvig is an actual expert in artificial intelligence. The End of The World As We Know It even gets a mention!