Plus, that explanation ought to advance our knowledge of the nature of reality and lead to further scientific understanding. Using it as the basis for technology that works will boost its credibility through the roof.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'