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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.

Niels Bohr

Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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Funny Joke Science Serious
There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.
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Deep Fake Greatness Truth Wisdom
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
Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
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Idiot Spiritual
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
Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
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Science Understand
Truth and clarity are complementary.
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One Liner Science Truth
Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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Funny God One Liner
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
If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don’t know the first thing about it.
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Thinking Understand Yourself
One must always do what one really cannot.
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Inspirational Oneself
There are two sorts of truth: trivialities, where opposites are clearly absurd, and profound truths, recognised by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth.
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Deep Mad Recognition Truth
If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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Creativity Hope Ideas Inspirational Work
Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
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Science Support
You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
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Experiement People Science Work Yourself
It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
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Deep Truth Wisdom

There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.

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