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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

I've got a degree in the subject, and I still often feel the same way. Quantum mechanics works outside what our savannah running monkey brains can handle. The best we can do is trust the maths and approximate as best we can. We'll regularly break those approximations however, and get thoughly flummoxed.