I wonder if one of the reasons more advanced physics can be intractable to understand is because of all of the clever interpretations. By abstracting raw empirical results into an analogous interpretation that defies ordinary logic, we are introducing gates to understanding by some cleverness test.

I see this for instance in the difference between elementary quantum explanations and something more like the Standard Model. One is concerned with indoctrinating some kind of belief or interpretation of phenomenon, even introducing philosophical and unfallsifiable elements, and the other is a useful index of known bits and pieces and their interactions found through empirical digging.