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QM isn't insane to understand. It's main issue is that it doesn't map well/at all to our normal experience. You need to dive into the maths, and accept what falls out.
The main deeper level here is how the blurring happens. The photons explore all possible paths. The result is an integral of them all. In general, vast areas cancel out, leaving classical (ish) behaviour. This makes sense mathematically, but has no classical analogy to compare to.