Your paradox reminds me of Oscar Wilde's quote. “Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination".

But seriously, you are looking at it with today's very limited knowledge. Read more articles on https://www.quantamagazine.org/ etc,

You will then realize how little we know we know. There are loads of very weird stuff going on these new frontiers. I just wish I was 15 again. What an amazing treasure trove...