I don’t know half tbe names in your post.

I don’t now your age.

Hazarding a guess - I’d say you’re no more than mid twenties.

Having said all that - people, on average, are dumb. They pretend to be experts in fields they’ve had a job at for a while, but most got there by accident and not due to merrit.

Fiction justifies it, therefore it’s popular.

Brace the downvotes from disappointments.