Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
NIELS BOHRThe meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.
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Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
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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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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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When we measure something we are forcing an undetermined, undefined world to assume an experimental value. We are not measuring the world, we are creating it.
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We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
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Truth and clarity are complementary.
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We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough.
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Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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Of course I don’t believe in it pointing to horseshoe on his office wall. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not.
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