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That seems pretty acceptable: there is a phase of new technologies where applications can be churned out and improved readily enough, without much understanding of the process. Then it's fair that efforts at understanding may not be economically justified (or even justified by academic papers rewards). The same budget or effort can simply be poured into the next version - with enough progress to show for it.

Understanding becomes necessary only much later, when the pace of progress shows signs of slowing.