They are one solution and they happen to be the solution we have, so we have to live with them until they are changed. Sorry, can't do anything about that. Remember that everyone must do them to obtain a pilot certificate or added rating. They do not necessarily reflect how a pilot flies routinely from here to there. Airplanes fly basically the same way now that they did in 1903 and the laws of physics certainly have not changed.
People still learn through their five senses.
We are all in the same airspace and share the same laws of physics. A major part of any flight training program is learning in a practical, and we hope meaningful, way how these physical laws work. With nothing else to do while I waited except learn something, I sat in on a boating accident investigation seminar. I was amazed and horrified at the same time, and I've participated in a couple of airplane accident investigations. Talk to anyone in the Coast Guard or CG Auxiliary involved with recreational boaters.