[vecter]

It's quite the opposite. QM was discovered while we were trying to resolve certain problems such as the ultraviolet catastrophe. [0]

To say it is "nothing but conjecture" is incredibly condescendingly dismissive and ignorant of the history of its evolution.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet_catastrophe

[feanaro]

I think the commenter meant that the notion that QM is needlessly complex and akin to the Ptolematic system is nothing but conjecture.

[guerrilla]

Yes, thanks, I edited out the ambiguity.