[tinym]

No, the mysteries that "are deep, hard to understand, and not worth the effort" are why Scientific American is publishing this junk article. My lay theory is that SA hasn't been worth reading in decades and basically nobody can write well about quantum mechanics for a casual audience..

[edgyquant]

That’s because quantum mechanics is for making predictions not answering theological questions. Casual observers generally want to know what this says about our place in the universe and quantum mechanics is way too probabilities based for the average joe.