You cannot be more correct in your criticism, it feels as if there are a group of researchers who are just too enamored by beauty of "Bayesian stats and graphi

You cannot be more correct in your criticism, it feels as if there are a group of researchers who are just too enamored by beauty of "Bayesian stats and graphical models" that finding better solution of problem has become a secondary task for them. Plus a segment of academia loves this type of research.