"They now have pictures of electrons that are particles and waves."
"We have a lot of gluons popping in and out of existence holding everything together ... providing the strong nuclear force."
Hmm, I wonder where I have heard something similar. If only I could remember!

Edit: I guess that I should clarify and show the pieces.
In the Spirit's model the ether enters the nucleus of the atom and are annihilated.
(gluons just appear in the nucleus and then are gone)
In the Spirit's model ether spins around an atom spiraling into the nucleus as it is pushed in.
(electrons have been discovered to be both particles and a wave)
In the Spirit's model electricity is ether flowing down a wire displacing the electrons. Why doesn't the wire shorten then as the electrons are pushed from one end? Because the electrons is ether.
In the Spirit's model and in electrical engineering magnetic force forces the electrons down a wire. Yet the wire is not consumed when it loses its electrons. What is replacing the electrons so that the wire is not consumed? The magnetic field is replacing the electrons. They are all the same substance. They are all ether! Remember that science says photons have properties of a wave and a particle now just like electrons are determined to have.
Science is getting closer and closer all the time to the Spirit's model. But they just refuse to go there.