What else should it be? Do you know what "theory" means? It means that it has massive amounts of experimental verification as a reasonable model.

Science NEVER makes statements of Truth. It never pretends to make statements of Truth. People make statements of Truth, and they are always wrong, no matter which language they use, even math.

In the framework of the languages we know, mathematical theories (like QM) are the closest to Truth (how the universe works) that we have gotten.

But everyone knows the theories are incomplete. How incomplete? We have no idea. Probably very incomplete. As long as you don't expect science to ever make statements of Truth, you and science will always be copacetic.

What else should it be? Do you know what "theory" means? It means that it has massive amounts of experimental verification as a reasonable model.

Science NEVER makes statements of Truth. It never pretends to make statements of Truth. People make statements of Truth, and they are always wrong, no matter which language they use, even math.

Theory is how we mere humans do work with the tools we have. In the framework of the languages we know, mathematical theories (like QM) are the closest to Truth (how the universe works) that we have gotten.

But everyone knows the theories are incomplete. How incomplete? We have no idea. Probably very incomplete. As long as you don't expect science to ever make statements of Truth, you and science will always be copacetic.