[edsheppa]

[QM] explains everything from the structure of atoms to electricity, to nuclear fusion, etc. etc. But it relies on mathematical structures and equations that are themselves unverifiable...

This is not correct. In the orthodox interpretation reality is ascribed only to the measurements - the mathematical structures and equations (read quantum states) are for computational purposes only and no reality is necessarily implied.

[yendu bwam]

This is not correct. In the orthodox interpretation reality is ascribed only to the measurements - the mathematical structures and equations (read quantum states) are for computational purposes only and no reality is necessarily implied.

Acutally, that's exactly the point I was making. It has great explanatory power, but the 'reality' of it cannot be proved (i.e. we can't measure or detect wave functions).