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It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we say about nature.

Niels Bohr

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
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Education Encouragement Inspirational Man Mistake
It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we say about nature.
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Learning Nature Theory Thinking Wrong
Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
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Joke Oneself Serious
In our description of nature the purpose is not to disclose the real essence of the phenomena but only to track down, so far as it is possible, relations between the manifold aspects of our experience.
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Experience Nature Possible Purpose Reality
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
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Democracy Politics Secret Weapon
No, no, you’re not thinking; you’re just being logical.
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Funny Logic Thinking Yourself
All rising curves that show unwelcome trends in human affairs will approach infinity if extended far enough, but it is we who dictate the curve and not vice versa.
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Enough Human Rise Science Vice
Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
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Difficult Future Time
If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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Creativity Hope Ideas Inspirational Work
We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Crazy Enough Genius Ideas Mad
The present state of atomic theory is characterized by the fact that we not only believe the existence of atoms to be proved beyond a doubt, but also we even believe that we have an intimate knowledge of the constituents of the individual atoms.
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Believe Beyond Character Doubt Knowledge Science Theory
Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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Myself Science Understand
There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
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Laughter Serious Wisdom Yourself
An independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation.
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Agency Independent Ordinary Reality
There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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Appearance Hope Mad
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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Himself Human Value

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