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The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.

Niels Bohr

It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
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Deep Truth Wisdom
Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .
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Material Property Science
It is, indeed, perhaps the greatest prospect of humanistic studies to contribute through an increasing knowledge of the history of cultural development to that gradual removal of prejudices which is the common aim of all science.
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Development Greatness History Humanity Science Study
In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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Audience Existence Greatness Time
Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.
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Education Learning Science
How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
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Hope Progress Thinking Wonderful
Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
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Science Support
If you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.
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Understand Yourself
We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Crazy Enough Genius Ideas Mad
Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
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Science Understand
Truth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is not justified.
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Discovery Doubt Justice Science Truth
It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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Enough Polite Wrong
Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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Crazy Enough Science Technology Theory True Yourself
If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.
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Science Understand Yourself
No paradox, no progress.
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One Liner Progress Science
One must always do what one really cannot.
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Inspirational Oneself

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