You don’t have to justify your fascination, but you are most welcome to!
‘Proposed’ includes old and new ideas alike. Consensus isn’t a requirement either - it could be speculative, contentious or entirely uncontroversial, as long as it doesn’t contradict what is currently known.
I recall a stand-up comedian covering the searching quite well. Of course it’s in the last place you look. You don’t continue your search after you found it.