Do people really think that way? "Journalism is just jamming on your keyboard, I can do that." "Politics is just complaining until you get what you want, I can do that." "Musicians don't even write their own music anymore, I could be be a star too." I've never seen that attitude anyway, and if people without experience with data science do want to give it a try themselves: great, we need more of us! I'm certainly not going to start by making my work look harder than it is and belaboring all of the details nobody cares about.
