If it gets through peer-review of reputable journals - then certainly yes. The burden of proof always rests on the one proposing a grand claim. But my bet*) is

If it gets through peer-review of reputable journals - then certainly yes. The burden of proof always rests on the one proposing a grand claim. But my bet*) is that if it gets accepted, then with severely reduced claims (not "theory of everything", but "We model X with Y, and were able to replicate Z1 in general and Z2 in low-energy limit. Further studies..."). Large company and many people involved, as of now, is the only reason why it gets some attention. Otherwise it would be buried as a PDF in "misc" section on one's academic website.