[Arkinsaw]

This is interesting, another physicist who appears to share his view.

http://www.npaci.edu/online/v5.7/rouse.html

[RightWhale]

That's a whole different thing. It's not easy to get computer time. But if you have funding from outside sources, well, that's the point of research institutes, you may develop models even if they burn a few milliseconds of CPU time. In fact, one should as a basic norm.