Quantum Physics is Befuddling

This made me smile.  Most of the physics that have been developed in the last 120 years is counterintuitive, to put it mildly.

This is a reminder that the human mind did not evolve so as to comprehend the secrets of the universe.

We’re good at things the size of rocks, spears, and woolly mammoths.  Things that are many orders of magnitude larger and faster, like light shining through galaxies, are the subjects of special relativity, and are tough for us mortals to understand.

Things that are many orders of magnitude smaller, e.g., subatomic particles coming into and out of existence, are the subject of quantum physics, and that’s even worse.  Trust me on this.  I got a C+ in the subject in college, and I considered myself lucky.