There's a cult around string theory, where despite it not producing a single testable hypothesis in its multi-decade dominance, it maintains its dominance as an orthodoxy, sucking up most of the research grants. Speaking out against string theory in the particle physics circles of academia gets you branded a heretic and outcast, potentially costing you a career in particle physics.
We cannot, and should not come to terms with the prospect that the universe's complexities may be totally out of our reach. Best to keep trying in one way or another. Unfortunately, my comments are not constructive, I don't have a better avenue to suggest. All that I can tell is that phenomenon on human scale are easier to grasp. The bigger or smaller you get, the harder it is to observe.
