Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .
NIELS BOHRThere 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.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
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Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood 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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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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No, no, you’re not thinking; you’re just being logical.
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Truth and clarity are complementary.
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One must always do what one really cannot.
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Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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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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When searching for harmony in life one must never forget that in the drama of existence we are ourselves both actors and spectators.
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There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
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It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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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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