Regarding quantifying everything - at a quantum mechanical level, all is not totally quantifiable, and that's fundamental. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unc

Regarding quantifying everything - at a quantum mechanical level, all is not totally quantifiable, and that's fundamental. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle. I assume this is what the parent was referring to.