The paper I'm about to post suggests that the paradigm is inescapable. It is the only possible solution to the frame problem. We have no choice.
Analysis suggests that the prospects of success are remote.
That is, the probability is low. But that is no reason not to try. When survival is at stake, it makes sense to buy a lottery ticket when that is the only open avenue. I agree with the conclusion, but I argue that the very organization you allude to is the result of the darwinian laws. Dead ends have to identify themselves as such as simply die.