Normally, after i answer something like this, I never open it up again. This one has gotten to be downright amusing. It will probably go on forever, with never a satisfying answer. There will probably be more theories offered, than cockroaches in Florida.
It rfeminds me of a guy, who once asked why a wheel is used to steer automobiles. Someone answered that the wheel was the most pracatical means of steering the vehicle, so it has been used since time immemorial. He than countered: But there MUST be a better way to do it. He had no ideas himself, but while he never would admit it, he felt that, after all of those years, SOME improvement must be waiting in the wings. He was solidly convinced that, since time has passed with no chenges, then it was time for SOME change. Someone present suggested that he install a tiller bar on his car. That way, he'd have something different (though inferior), to possibly satisfy his desire for change. People are strange, and there are so many of them!