Dear Professor Tan
I agree with you that the initiators of interpretations of events should be aware that their interpretation is just one of the many that are present and also must be aware that there are more to come because new interpretations of new events and information will arrive.
As you say we are moving from strictly determinism to more and indeterminism, what will be the next we have to accept that we just don't know.
I like your remark that determinism must be an emergent phenomenon (illusion) and that the indeterminism of quantum is fundamental. You are touching here my interpretation of the emergent phenomenon we experience as reality. The reality we are experiencing is already past so deterministic. The quantum is touching the source of this emergence, so indeterministic (future).
When you are explaining the approaches like Higgs field, supersymmetry, Inflation, the BB, Susy etc., I think that all these approaches are only temporal (deterministic) explanations, the interpretations you are adding are realistic and have a solid foundation, however, there may arrive earth-quakes. (no BB?)
Zero-dimensional is in my perception a very important understanding. In my interpretation, I name it Total Simultaneity, the origin of ALL emergent phenomena. The birth of the time arrow is in my perception originating from the zero-dimensional ALL through consciousness (Time is then a restriction compared to the ALL in ONE. Without consciousness, there is no time-experience.
You write: "Original fluctuations at the Planck scale are so chaotic that the original baby-sized spacetime is by no means smooth or causal. But this time inflation process can ensure a causally smooth time dimension afterwards". I fully agree. When we are approaching the zero-dimensional point, (my Point Zero), we are approaching the infinity probabilities representing emergent phenomena (realities). So we are approaching but cannot reach it. In our reality, this is the cause of chaos and entropy.
In your conclusion, I like especially two remarks: "In the end, our free will might be tied to indeterminism", and your end-quote " Quantum indeterminism may be the fundamental reason that drives us to be open-minded, our research to follow open science practices, and our world to be open, collaborative, and prejudice-free to overcome the "barriers" between us.". That is why I hope that you can find some time to read my essay and leave a remark. My perception is more philosophic as yours, but based on the same reality.
Best regards and good luck
Wilhelmus de Wilde