Let me see if I can do a defense that doesnt merely look like an obvious backpedal. If you want to do a standard study in physics you are probably going to go

Let me see if I can do a defense that doesnt merely look like an obvious backpedal. If you want to do a standard study in physics you are probably going to go through a significant amount of mathematics. This is because the laws "universe at the most fundamental level/low level" are expressed as math equations. If OP wants to go that route then there are tons of resources available to them. But since OP already has a CS degree I think a possible entry point is exploring these laws through computers and in some way deriving them from simulation (here is one such simulation https://www.falstad.com/gas/ https://www.falstad.com/gas/) lets leave the more outlandish claims alone for now. Perhaps I went to far.