I think a lot of these scientists would rather focus on solving these theoretical problems than trying to explain to random laypeople the nuances of quantum phy

I think a lot of these scientists would rather focus on solving these theoretical problems than trying to explain to random laypeople the nuances of quantum physics. I've spent hundreds of hours studying particle and quantum physics and I still have a multitude of unanswered questions because there is a certain mathematical wall you hit where real-world experiments that could be explained to regular folk are simply not useful as models, and until I master those mathematics, it doesn't matter how long a particle physicist tries to explain things to me.. I won't get it. EDIT: If you're interested in other kinds of experiments I would check out the work being done with Quark–gluon plasma, specifically with lattice structures that cause quantum perturbations to scale to a macro level where we can perform experiments and get some pretty cool results. The general idea is creating a state of extreme entanglement by homogenizing as many properties between the particles in the lattice as possible. This, combined with an near absolute-zero temperature and a lattice so flat it could be considered two-dimensional, means that the entropy in the system is low enough that you can watch small-scale perturbations bubble up unimpeded by surrounding entropy. Further reading: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1611.01533.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1611.01533.pdf