You've hit it on the head regarding quantum physics.... but I think that
the operative word in the quotation was "apparent".

Tim Bray wrote:

> Carrol Cox wrote:
>
>> charles moyer wrote:
>>
>> "apparent immateriality of quantum physics and the apparent
>> irrationality of relativity theory"
>
>
> I missed that, but I object.  Nothing is more material than quantum
> physics, a hodgepodge of mathematics which seems to do a good job of
> predicting the observed material results of experiments; the violently
> counterintuitive nature of what the math seems to be telling us is a
> symptom of materiality - the world is what it is, not what we think it
> is, and if what it is seems weird, well that's just the way it is.
> Similarly for relativity theory, it's weird all right but there's
> nothing irrational about it.  And we lack alternatives.  And it is a
> good thing to try to understand the world. -Tim
>

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