Yes, the article does quote the physicist saying that. Physicists do say things like that, without adding caveats like "assuming the Copenhagen interpretation,

Yes, the article does quote the physicist saying that. Physicists do say things like that, without adding caveats like "assuming the Copenhagen interpretation, which is the plurality opinion and my de-facto working theory day to day". But the article didn't include it in the title, and I think that was the right choice. And HN usually tries to keep the original title.