[ChristianMarks]

This seems to presume that scientific programming is merely a service to the important and more deserving persons who generate scientific hypotheses, from whom it can be decoupled and isolated, instead of being the collaborative effort that it is--if elevating the professional standing of scientific programmers must wait for the widespread adoption of automated hypothesis generation software. For example, the computation of ecosystem service indicators--what you might call the interface between biogeophysical models of Earth systems and economic and policy modeling--is an interdisciplinary and collaborative activity that relies heavily on computational technique and technology.