I don't think I am underestimating physicists, simply because it is irrelevant if you are a physicist or not, you are a human first with all the foibles associated with that. Physicists are not immune to being pig-headed, obstinate, arrogant, self-righteous and just out and out plain wrong. These are attributes of all humans.

The mainstream complex models are not the simplest explanations consistent with empirical evidence. There are various kinds of models that explain some phenomena better, but since they are not the consensus view they are not further investigated. that's the point I'm making. There is no funding for anything that is not part of the current suite of models.

The reason for mentioning software was simply the mindset demonstrated by people to how they look at something. Reality is way more complex than any theory or model that we have so far come up with. Software is a dog's breakfast and that's my opinion after nearly 40 years being involved with it.