I think my standards for epistemic footing are exactly what you mention. What Ii’m saying is that, without an explanation of why quantum mechanics works as it does, it’s not really a privileged level of explanation. Explanations at higher levels of analysis—chemical, psychological, etc—can all have those properties and be adequate in themselves. Coherence across levels is of course valuable as it’s more logical coherence.
I think my standards for epistemic footing are exactly what you mention. What Ii’m saying is that, without an explanation of why quantum mechanics works as it does, it’s not really a privileged level of explanation. Explanations at higher levels of analysis—chemical, psychological, etc—can all have those properties and be adequate in themselves. Coherence across levels is of course valuable as it’s more logical coherence.