This is very true. But, we have set up a market in the form of software that can potentially generate billions of dollars with human energy being the primary e

This is very true. But, we have set up a market in the form of software that can potentially generate billions of dollars with human energy being the primary expenditure, ideally using existing hardware and energy infrastructures to build off of. If we can push software further, generate the revenue needed for research and projects like deep space exploration from this, we can still get there. It's not exactly "money from nothing" but it's as close as we can get, and we've already built the infrastructure to achieve it globally...