FYI, that's not because it went over your head, it's because this article is vague and incoherent. Almost all popular articles on physics are. If this interest

FYI, that's not because it went over your head, it's because this article is vague and incoherent. Almost all popular articles on physics are. If this interests you, I strongly recommend learning the very basics of quantum mechanics. It will involve math, but the math doesn't need to be very complicated. And you will learn how the universe is fundamentally different than you thought, in a way that these popular articles hardly even hint at. There are many introductions, but I've found the lesswrong one to explain things well, while using as little math as necessary (read: no calculus required): https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/7FSwbFpDsca7uXpQ2/quantum-explanations https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/7FSwbFpDsca7uXpQ2/quantum-ex... Feynman's book QED is also an excellent introduction, while requiring only a bit more math: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QED:_The_Strange_Theory_of_Light_and_Matter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QED:_The_Strange_Theory_of_Lig...