Philosophy: more quantum physics, yea

I stumbled across another set of videos on quantum physics (I need all of these I can get). We, in class, are still trying to piece together what the heck it all means, philosophically. I mean, what good is it that we know the earth revolves around the sun, or that matter is constructed out of tiny particles, wavefunctions, or superstrings?

One might surmise that all these new developments in physics are leading to a much more Buddhist way of seeing reality (a point Tom Armstrong admirably, but alas too briefly, takes up in a review of Brian Greene’s earlier book, “The Elegant Universe”). However, many Buddhist stories come packed with very odd/mystical/metaphorical visions of the universe, and it may just be that we choose a particular Buddhist cosmology based on our current understanding of reality.
Tough stuff, this cosmology.