It's all so bizarre that I don't see how anyone can look that deeply into it and not come away thinking our entire existence is one big pointless hoax.
- trying to describe quantum mechanics without mathematics (since we have no direct intuition/experience, many analogies do not hold),
- inventing some profound philosophy to describe facts.
For example, my entry on that: https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2015/03/13/quantum-supe... (not entanglement, but - an electron being in two places at once).
[Full disclaimer: I am an ex theoretical physicist. I don't claim I am sane, though.]
You sound sane :)
Quantum mechanics understanding will probably be a scientific revolution, something comparable to understanding the earth is round or the sun does not circle earth.
There are a few scientist that are trying to break the old model of thinking.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1714898-breaking-through-con...
There is a (subtly, and not in a terribly important way) flawed conclusion regarding personal identity toward the end, and parts of it are a bit long-winded (I guess esp if you don't already enjoy reading Yudkowsky as I do), but it is solid.
tl;dr: QM's reputation is more a function of it being poorly taught (cf this article), not really the theory itself - ultimately it makes the world less confusing, as any sound scientific theory should.