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Your observation is interesting. Note that I can't write down my wave function, either, but that doesn't mean I don't have one.
And without being able to calculate it exactly, you can approximate it usefully, and thus derive some of its most relevant properties for practical purposes.
He didn't say it did. It's just one possible reason for it.