This is precisely this type of condescending, we-are-am-smater-than-you attitude that turns people off on science and scientists. Maybe physicists should concentrate on the foundational issues (e.g., the true nature of motion) first before they go chasing after gravity waves. You folks are not as smart as you think you are.
Did you know that over 90% of physicists believe that matter can move in spacetime even though it is known that spacetime is frozen from the infinite past to the infinite future? Did you know that physicists have no clue as to what keeps a moving particle in motion? Did you know that most physicists believe that moving bodies remain in motion for no reason at all, as if by magic?
My own research, based on the application of the principle of causality to motion, has led me to conclude that we are swimming in a enormous sea of energetic particles. Having a correct causal model of motion will unleash an age of free energy and extremely fast transportation.
The Problem With Motion