It's always fascinating to consider the differences between how we understand complex phenomena and how they actually are. (Or more accurately, how a layman understands a phenomena in broad terms and how an expert understands it in much greater detail - but still doesn't necessarily, completely comprehend it.)

Consider how a young child understands a car. A shiny box on wheels, with one pedal to make it go, another to make it stop, and a steering wheel. A mechanic would say, "not really, you've also got this engine and these brakes and this steering system." And then a physicist could go into detail about the laws of thermodynamics and how heat and pressure drives the pistons.

No particular interpretation is "wrong," but there's a real devil in the details.