If you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.
NIELS BOHRAnd anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn’t yet understood the first thing about it.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
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If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don’t know the first thing about it.
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Every valuable human being must be a radical and a rebel, for what he must aim at is to make things better than they are.
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It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
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The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
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If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.
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Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
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Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
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The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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No, no, you’re not thinking; you’re just being logical.
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A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.
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A deep truth is a truth so deep that not only is it true but it’s exact opposite is also true.
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