Physicists cannot explain atoms to their children, not because we are ignorant but because we know too much. - Nick Herbert

Though today's quantum theory shows no sign of weakness, someday it may collapse.

The gist of Bell's theorem is this: no local model of reality can explain the results of a particular experiment.

Legendary King Midas never knew the feel of silk or a human hand after everything he touched turned to gold. Humans are stuck in a similar Midas-like predicament: we can't directly experience the true texture of reality because everything we touch turns to matter.