Space — why are we hanging on to this corrupt entity?

Throughout the 20th century physics was confronted with an increasing number of experimental results that could only be explained by corrupting the age old pristine notion of Euclidean and Newtonian space, and re-defining it, and the spotted phenomena in it in ways that fit the abstraction of mathematical equations, but offend our common sense, and disturb our mental tranquility. Physicists immunized themselves from popular protest by waiving the math — if you are not fully versed with the body of math that gives rise to this deformed space, you have no right to argue one way or the other.

Physicists observe how the crowded shelves in their office buckle under the weight of the stocked books, and so they accept the idea that the straight lines of Euclidean space buckle under the presence of mass, suppressing the offense sustained by our common sense: the math is right!

When in 1927 physics had to explain how single electrons shot towards a crystal with two trajectory slots, create a photo plate as if these were waves that went through, then the scientific interpretation was not: Hey — space is not the vehicle. Let’s divorce it, and construct another entity, another framework to interpret the duality of matter, the non-locality of space, and the non-repeatability of experimental results. Physics did not say: Ok space, we will use you for all practical purposes, but we are actively looking for a replacement — start from scratch.  Instead we developed Schrodinger equations, put shackles on our wrists: we can never know both position and momentum accurately — never!  And in general probability — the science of incomplete knowledge, was crowned as the science of ultimate knowledge!  Future generations will ridicule our pathetic stubborn embrace of our 3D space model, wiping from our face the spits of insult from the warped explanations of what we measure.

Physicists seem to behave like a partner in an irreconcilable marriage. They redefine a good relationship, they forgive offensive behavior, the point out the good things, ignoring the bad, arguing that a bad relationship is better than being alone. Alas, if you are alone, you are looking for proper mate, and that is what physics should be doing.