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Stars have a finite lifetime. Eventually they will run out of fuel, go Nova or implode; some will form black holes.
When you get very large, the physics we see in daily life, doesn't really apply anymore. Time distorts, space expands and weirdness abounds.
When you go to the other extreme, where Quantum Mechanics kicks in; to paraphrase the great physicist Richard Feynman, "if you think you understand Quantum Mechanics, you don't understand Quantum Mechanics".
Without these crazy, absolutely counter to "common sense" behaviors, we could not exist. So, in the span of infinity, WE are HERE, while our stars are alive and relatively young, we have the capability (unlike any other animal on the planet) to discover that what applies for us - doesn't begin to make sense at the sub-atomic, nor at the astrophysical ends of the spectrum.
And there are some that says there is no God. I find that fascinating, when his handiwork is so obviously in play.
Feynman was a guy I admired very much as a kid and had read all his popular books before I left school.
That said, knowing what I know and using my intuition, with nothing to back this up, if you translate from Cabalese, here is what this means:
"Quantum mechanics is a fiction created by people toying with you folks, so there is no question of "understanding" it, because its not real."
I am sure the 2022 Nobel Prize winners for this will be happy to discuss this with you.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/explorers-of-quantum-entanglement-win-2022-nobel-prize-in-physics1/