Quantum Mechanics and the Human Mind

The meme here reminds me of a thought I had during my first (and only) course on the subject:

There’s no guarantee that the human mind evolved so as to make sense of the universe, and it appears that, in fact, it did not.  We’re used to dealing with things around us that we can see and touch, like spears, rocks, and bodies of water.  To say that two particles on opposite sides of the universe affect one another instantaneously is so completely counter-intuitive that trying to figure this stuff out might just be folly.