Think how hard physics would be if particles could think

I do not keep up with the details of particle physics.

Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm.

Niels Bohr brainwashed a whole generation of theorists into thinking that the job (interpreting quantum theory) was done 50 years ago.

I am frequently astonished that it so often results in correct predictions of experimental results.

In fact any experiment that measures a quantum effect is one in which the quantum effect is aligned with the behavior of some heavy, macroscopic object; that's how we measure it

Planets are too dim to be detected with existing equipment, far away, except in these very special circumstances where they're seen by their gravitational effect