A version of this happens in software too. See machine learning. There’s definitely valid field with real benefits. But also lots of BS. Nobody wants to call out their peers because everyone benefits from the hype.
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> Nobody wants to call out their peers because everyone benefits from the hype.
As a counterpoint, it seems that minsky and papert's work was partly driven from their desire to stop the funding of larger perceptrons , in which they did not believe. The winter that followed their work may or may not have delayed progress in AI by years or decades.
The theory of deep learning was developed about 50 years ago, but useful applications weren't possible until recently because the hardware was too slow.