One must always do what one really cannot.
NIELS BOHRAccuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
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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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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. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images and establishing mental connections.
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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
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Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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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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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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You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
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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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Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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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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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
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