Point being, Einstein spent a large part of his career completely unable to deal with the sheer weirdness of quantum physics. ("God does not play dice," "spooky action at a distance," and so forth.)
Ultimately he was able to adapt his worldview to include the implications of quantum theory, but until then he was most certainly not in a state where he would "never understand physics."
It was a great essay, actually, just a terrible lede, as EY himself acknowledged in the comments.
Ultimately he was able to adapt his worldview to include the implications of quantum theory, but until then he was most certainly not in a state where he would "never understand physics."
It was a great essay, actually, just a terrible lede, as EY himself acknowledged in the comments.