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.
NIELS BOHRPrediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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It is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness.
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The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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Nothing exists until it is measured.
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If you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.
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Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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If you have a correct statement, then the opposite of a correct statement is of course an incorrect statement, a wrong statement. But when you have a deep truth, then the opposite of a deep truth may again be a deep truth.
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It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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A person who wasn’t outraged on first hearing about quantum theory didn’t understand what had been said.
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Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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