There is a fair mix of "genuinely complicated ideas" and "aggressively pretentious domain experts". Quantum computing in particular is in the early phase of it

There is a fair mix of "genuinely complicated ideas" and "aggressively pretentious domain experts". Quantum computing in particular is in the early phase of its hype cycle, and is destined for a big fall. Once it bounces back we are likely to see more "democratisation" of the field.