I believe you are correct, Wayne smile emoticon Mathematics is a
   marvelous explanatory tool. QM gives mathematicians (and the
   physicists that use the same techniques) more mathematical
   flexibility in an area that would be difficult to explore
   experimentally. They're allowed to do things like borrow from
   imaginary Time (like borrowing from the past to pay for the
   present, like a credit card, except more like borrowing from a
   parallel dimension, kinda like borrowing your mother's credit
   card) - BUT ONLY MATHEMATICALLY. The mistake is when they
   believe the math corresponds to reality. QM knowingly trades in
   minor fictions so that we can result in greater facts. This is
   what it's for. You make energy come out of nothing so long as
   you give nothing its energy back quickly. It doesn't mean you're
   *actually* borrowing energy from nothing, or implying that there
   even *IS* a nothing to borrow from... but they're mathematical
   tricks, allowed in QM but not in classical. That's its power.