QM is counter-intuitive only insofar as your intuition is naturally wired for a classical mechanics world. Given enough practice, QM eventually becomes second nature too. You pretty much _need_ to go through that process to function at the highest levels.
There's a good post by Terrence Tao about this topic, I think it was posted here some time ago:
There's a good post by Terrence Tao about this topic, I think it was posted here some time ago:
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/there%E2%80%99s...